From 00a1cf03c3428a0687faca642f343df4257ffc1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@qt.io>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 16:05:20 +0200
Subject: When setting the build root, create the directory along the way

... if necessary. Otherwise it makes no sense trying to get the
canonical file path.

Change-Id: I5a9c4237a8e4081c338ace685f20debb02f848fd
Reviewed-by: Jake Petroules <jake.petroules@qt.io>
---
 src/lib/corelib/tools/setupprojectparameters.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/lib/corelib/tools/setupprojectparameters.cpp b/src/lib/corelib/tools/setupprojectparameters.cpp
index 10cdca181..db7b11118 100644
--- a/src/lib/corelib/tools/setupprojectparameters.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/corelib/tools/setupprojectparameters.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <tools/scripttools.h>
 #include <tools/settings.h>
 
+#include <QtCore/qdir.h>
 #include <QtCore/qfileinfo.h>
 
 namespace qbs {
@@ -195,6 +196,11 @@ void SetupProjectParameters::setBuildRoot(const QString &buildRoot)
 {
     d->buildRoot = buildRoot;
 
+    // We don't do error checking here, as this is not a convenient place to report an error.
+    // If creation of the build directory is not possible, we will get sensible error messages
+    // later, e.g. from the code that attempts to store the build graph.
+    QDir::root().mkpath(buildRoot);
+
     const QString canonicalBuildRoot = QFileInfo(d->buildRoot).canonicalFilePath();
     if (!canonicalBuildRoot.isEmpty())
         d->buildRoot = canonicalBuildRoot;
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