How to relocate or rename main\ & build\ directories

[justinmreina]

Hi, I am having troubles finding how to rename the main\ & build\ sub-directories of a new project

Task:

• Is it possible to rename the build\ directory (e.g. rename it to "out\"?)
• Is it possible to rename the main\ directory (e.g. rename it to "src\"?)

I have done a lot of research, and nothing has worked! Are there some sdkconfig option perhaps?

Thanks,
Justin

*I am currently developing against the ESP32-S3 using Espressif IDE v3.2.0 and ESP-IDF v5.4 on a Win11 machine

[Sprite]

[*] Is it possible to rename the build\ directory (e.g. rename it to "out\"?)

I *think* you can put a 'set(CMAKE_BINARY_DIR "/out")' in your project cmake, but I'm not sure if anyone ever tried to change the build dir, so I have no idea how far that will get you.

[*] Is it possible to rename the main\ directory (e.g. rename it to "src\"?)

Yes.

[justinmreina]

Excellent, thank you @ESP_Sprite! I have captured my findings in my reference project now -

Example:

• esp32_proj

Findings:

1. rename main\ - "set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/newDirName)" (example)
2. do not rename build\ - this appears a default for the Espressif toolchain

See the readme in above repo for detail