buildr: specify project base dir

Question

I'm new to buildr so apologies if this is trivial.

I refactored all my projects so that they now follow the Apache convention (src/main/java etc) but I have one big java project which is divided into three logical sub projects.

In other words my directory structure looks something like this:

[root]
  buildfile
  [project-a]
  [project-b]
  [directory-for-projects-c-d-e]
     [project-c]
     [project-d]
     [project-e]

Each individual project follows the Apache convention, but the problem is that buildr thinks [directory-for-projects-c-d-e] is, itself, a project.

I managed to use base_dir= to set the base directory for projects c,d and e - but buildr does not output to the correct target directories for these 3 projects.

Is there a quick fix for this? Or do I need to define a new layout just to specify a different base_dir? (seems odd, if that's the case).

I would prefer not to have to move projects c,d,e up one level because the current logical grouping makes a lot of sense.

Many thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 23 '13 at 21:47

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You should use base_dir=, here is the doc.

edited Apr 23 '13 at 21:47

Marco

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answered Mar 19 '12 at 21:23

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I mentioned base_dir in the original question, so no, not really. – David Semeria Jan 07 '13 at 22:19
Hmm sorry I missed that. So normally the target directory is computed based off the base_dir. Where is the output made for those 3 ? Are you doing anything special ? – Antoine Toulme Jan 08 '13 at 05:56
If I remember correctly I just bit the bullet and moved the 3 sub projects up a level – David Semeria Jan 14 '13 at 14:11

buildr: specify project base dir

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