Using a RO project folder

[cx-alberto-simoes]

For my serena use-case, it would be great if I could set project .serena folder somewhere else.
For example, if my projects are in /projects/projA and /projects/projB, specify that metadata is stored in /project-metadata, where it would be created /projects-metadata/projA/.serena/... and so on.

Is this a feature that would be accepted by the Serena core team?

Thanks

[opcode81]

You mean, you would like to have a setting in serena_config.yml such that one could configure, e.g. based on placeholders

• $projectDir
• $projectName

something like this?

# default
project_serena_folder: $projectDir/.serena

# your preference
project_serena_folder: /projects-metadata/$projectName/.serena

Is this what you would want?

Note that you also have the option of using links. If you want the data to actually be in /projects-metadata/, you could have it there, while the folders in the actual project directories are just symbolic links.

[cx-alberto-simoes]

Yeah, that would be something like that. I was planning a clone of the tree to simplify (just another root folder to have rw permissions). My main concert is not exactly where it is, but that project folders are readonly.

If you point to a direction that would be acceptable, I can try to create a PR.

[opcode81]

I have added a draft here:
#1123

@MischaPanch, wdyt?