I’ve created qt project called calculator so the file path on my disc is:
C:\excercizes\QT_projects\calculator
but qt created another extra directory next to it, which looks like:
C:\excercizes\QT_projects\Calculator-build-desktop-Qt_4_7_4_for_Desktop_-_MinGW_4_4__Qt_SDK__Debug
What for is this directory? I see inside it two folders called debug and release but even when I build this project in release mode nothing is placed there, instead folders debug and release inside the first directory mentioned are used.
Anyone knows?
It’s shadow building. You can desactivate that if you want.
http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-glossary.html#glossary-shadow-build