Both debug and release settings generates debug/ and release/ sub-folder (total 4 folders), why not just two?
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I am compiling/debugging C++ on PC Desktop. My folder structure is like this:
@+ ProjectHome
+ build
+ debug
+ debug <== created by QtCreator
+ release <== created by QtCreator
+ release
+ debug <== created by QtCreator
+ release <== created by QtCreator@And my settings ask QtCreator to do shadow builds: The folder to build for debug settings is set to ProjectHome/build/debug, while the folder to build for release settings is set to ProjectHome/build/release.
My question is that, why QtCreator creates all four sub-folders, while only two are used? In my situation, ProjectHome/build/release/debug/ is empty after build, and ProjectHome/build/debug/release is also empty after build. Only the other two of them are non-empty containing binaries (executable and object files) after build.
Why QtCreator need those 4 sub-folders? Can anyone explain this for me? Thanks in advance.
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As far as I know, this is one of the brilliant ideas Microsoft Visual C++ compiler has. Qt has no influnece over this policy. Other platforms and compilers do not behave like this.
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Hi,
From the looks of it you are using Visual Studio package. It's Microsoft folder layout for building applications/libraries and there's nothing you can do about that.
[edit: That's synchronisation :D]
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Not Microsoft compiler. I am using MinGW gcc/g++.
