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| author | Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io> | 2017-06-12 14:03:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io> | 2017-06-12 14:05:10 +0200 |
| commit | f4de86a2f6b91ceb60779543ff7400170420013a (patch) | |
| tree | 0e0ec212f4c3540e9e62a387114ed28e7a03e11f /doc | |
| parent | 5ba4fd79ae13fec9c615d4c3892e70b72ed26a99 (diff) | |
| parent | 5bfef74f12e59bfc699b7c8e93ea05c2625891d5 (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/1.8'
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diff --git a/doc/qbs.qdoc b/doc/qbs.qdoc index 80aa2f25b..3b9789f9d 100644 --- a/doc/qbs.qdoc +++ b/doc/qbs.qdoc @@ -595,6 +595,28 @@ \endtable + \section1 Overriding Property Values from the Command Line + + Property values set in project files or profiles can be overridden on the command line. + The syntax is \c{<prefix>.<prop-name>:<prop-value>}. The following command lines + demonstrate how to set different kinds of properties: + \code + $ qbs projects.someProject.projectProperty:false # set a property of a project + $ qbs products.someProduct.productProperty:false # set a property of a product + $ qbs modules.cpp.treatWarningsAsErrors:true # set a module property for all products + \endcode + + Property values on the command line can also be expressed in JavaScript form, the same way + as you would write them in a project file. Make sure to take care of proper + quoting, so that the shell does not interpret any of the values itself. Properties of type + \c stringList can also be provided as comma-separated values, if none of the strings contain + special characters: + \code + $ qbs projects.someProject.listProp:'["a", "b", "c"]' + $ qbs projects.someProject.listProp:a,b,c # same as above + $ qbs projects.someProject.listProp:'["a b", "c"]' # no CSV equivalent + \endcode + \section1 File Tags and Taggers \QBS itself knows nothing about C++ files or file extensions. All source files |