[Bug] Error occurs even if profiles_dir is specified on dbt cli when the home/.dbt directory does not exist

[tnk-ysk]

Is this a new bug in dbt-core?

• I believe this is a new bug in dbt-core
• I have searched the existing issues, and I could not find an existing issue for this bug

Current Behavior

Error occurs even if profiles_dir is specified in kwargs on dbt cli when the home/.dbt directory does not exist.
But it worked when I specified --profiles-dir in the args or when I specified it in an environment variable.

I don't think this is the expected result.

Expected Behavior

Even if home/.dbt does not exist, no error will occur if profiles_dir is specified.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Delete home/.dbt.
2. Run the code below.

DBT_DIR = "/path/to/dbt_dir"
res: dbtRunnerResult = dbt.invoke(
    args=args + ["ls"],
    project_dir=DBT_DIR,
    profiles_dir=DBT_DIR,
)
if res.success == False:
    logger.error(f"Command failed with error: {res.exception}")        

3. Error occured.

Command failed with error: Path '/Users/tnk-ysk/.dbt' does not exist.

Relevant log output

Environment

- OS: macOS 14.4
- Python: 3.11.10
- dbt: 1.9.1

Which database adapter are you using with dbt?

No response

Additional Context

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