Support specifying the Qbs build directory as a command line option.

Also supports changing the default build directory ('.') using the
'preferences.defaultBuildDirectory' property.

Task-number: QBS-462
Change-Id: Id3d05d2f5b14197bd3af2e7f9d55bdd263809716
Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@digia.com>

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/tools/preferences.cpp b/src/lib/tools/preferences.cpp
index f8ed01740..18552807f 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/tools/preferences.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ QString Preferences::shell() const
 }
 
 /*!
+ * \brief Returns the default build directory used by Qbs if none is specified.
+ */
+QString Preferences::defaultBuildDirectory() const
+{
+    return getPreference(QLatin1String("defaultBuildDirectory")).toString();
+}
+
+/*!
  * \brief Returns the list of paths where qbs looks for module definitions and such.
  * If there is no such setting, \c qbsRootPath will be used to look up a fallback location.
  */
diff --git a/src/lib/tools/preferences.h b/src/lib/tools/preferences.h
index d79ee8aa5..1d6f9dbad 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/preferences.h
+++ b/src/lib/tools/preferences.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
     bool useColoredOutput() const;
     int jobs() const;
     QString shell() const;
+    QString defaultBuildDirectory() const;
     QStringList searchPaths(const QString &qbsRootPath = QString()) const;
     QStringList pluginPaths(const QString &qbsRootPath = QString()) const;