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bremen_matt
bremen_matt

Reputation: 7367

Colcon/Ros2: Specify a different src directory?

From the documentation, I see that colcon allows one to specify different build (--build-base) and install directories (--install-base):

https://colcon.readthedocs.io/en/released/reference/verb/build.html

But is it also possible to specify a different src directory? or is the name src hardcoded? It seems like there should be an option like --src-base, but I don't see that anywhere in the docs.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1209

Answers (2)

Goigle
Goigle

Reputation: 148

Simply using a directory that's not named src/ doesn't require any arguments, by default colcon will recursively search for packages in the current directory.

You can specify a specific directory with --base-paths and/or add an empty file named COLCON_IGNORE to your other directories that should be ignored.

https://colcon.readthedocs.io/en/released/reference/discovery-arguments.html

Upvotes: 0

ignacio
ignacio

Reputation: 1197

You are looking for colcon build --paths <package_path>.

The --build-base will change the path where the build folder from the workspace will be placed.

Upvotes: 2

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