working directory in sbt

Question

I would like to be able to run the java program in a specific directory. I think, that it is quite convenient to parametrize working directory, because it allows to easily m

Answer 1

In sbt changing 'working directory' via baseDirectory setting for test changes baseDirectory which is not base dir in my understangind and it is not equal new java.io.File(".").getAbsolutePath.

I'm not sure what the above statement means, but with sbt you need to fork to change your working directory during the run or test. This is documented in Enable forking and Change working directory.

Answer 2

If you fork, you can control everything, including the working directory.

http://www.scala-sbt.org/0.13.5/docs/Detailed-Topics/Forking.html

Example code:

fork in run := true
baseDirectory in run := file("/path/to/working/directory/")