Question

Short Version

Is it possible to have two .pro file under the same folder?

Detailed Version

I’m trying to write unit test using QtTest for one of my projects. The project is Plugin Loader which just loads plugin. So my project Folder looks like:

- PluginLoader
 | PluginLoader.pro
 |+bin     // where I have my binary
 |+build   // where I have moc and .o
 |+src     // the actual src for the PluginLoader
 |+test    // some test while I'm developing
 |-unitTest
   | unitTest.pro
   | UnitTest.cpp
   | UnitTest.h
   |-SamplePlugins
     | SamplePluginONE.cpp
     | SamplePluginONE.h
     | SamplePluginTWO.cpp
     .
     .
     .

I know the first thing that comes to mind is just to put a .pro file in the SamplePlugins folder, but I can’t do that. The reason for that is, I am ought to use template .pro file in 3 different types:

1. Sub-directory template, Only contains the sub directories like PluginLoader.pro. Basically it tells Qt to look into sub directories provided in there for some .pro file.
2. Application template, which generates binary and put in bin folder. I have on in my test folder.
3. Library template, which generates .so and put it in some other path. I use this one in my src folder

Now if I want to test my application which only loads some plugins, I need to have some plugins. That’s why I have SamplePlugins folder under unitTest folder.

UnitTest.pro has to be from “Application” .pro template so it generates the unittest binary. And the plugin samples should have “Library” .pro so they generate “.so”. And that is my dilemma. If I put “Library” .pro file in SapmlePlugins then it wont be parse because it’s parent folder doesn’t have a “Sub-Directory” .pro.

The only way that comes to my mind to overcome this, is to have a “Sub-directory” .pro file in unitTest. Then create another folder under unitTest and call it theActualUnitTest and move the actual unit with its “Application” .pro file into it. And creat a “Library” .pro in SamplePlugins folder. However, I can’t do so, because I can’t change the foldering, as we have many other projects in the same foldering structure, and some scripts that does some stuff…so changing folder structure is not an option. So I was wondering if it is possible to have two .pro file under a same folder.

Answer 1

Well this is what I did to overcome my issue:

Put a “library” template .pro file in the SamplePlugins folder and in the PluginLoader.pro which was “sub-directory” template .pro file I asked Qt to look into unitTest/SamplePlugins for a another .pro file:

SUBDIRS  = src \
           test \
           unitTest \
           unitTest/SamplePlugins \