[Qbs] Mysterious config:<configuration-name> parameter

[Christian Kandeler]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 00:54:25 +0300
Иван Комиссаров <abbapoh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Perhaps, I am blind, but I can’t find any mentions in documentation.

E.g. https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qbs/cli-build.html#config-configuration-op-op-name

> What’s this is used for? 

It's the name of the configuration to which subsequent property assignments apply. For instance:
$ qbs config:x profile:p1 config:y profile:p2
This builds the project twice, for configurations x and y. The former uses profile p1, the latter uses profile p2.

> Does this parameter only specifies the output folder where QBS will build sources?

Mostly.

> Or it has some other usages I am not aware of?

If the name is "debug" or "release", then qbs.buildVariant gets that as its default value.


Christian