From bebf2036c929089f8e654aa93919e199e3d106b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mika=C3=ABl=20Capelle?= <capelle.mikael@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:00:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] lookup mob.ini in parent folders and make prefix relative
 to .ini containing it

---
 src/conf.cpp | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/conf.cpp b/src/conf.cpp
index f7a84c3..7a0c32c 100644
--- a/src/conf.cpp
+++ b/src/conf.cpp
@@ -980,13 +980,19 @@ std::vector<fs::path> find_inis(
 	{
 		MOB_ASSERT(!master.empty());
 
-		const auto in_cwd = fs::current_path() / master_ini_filename();
-		if (fs::exists(in_cwd) && !fs::equivalent(in_cwd, master))
-		{
-			if (verbose)
-				u8cout << "also found in cwd " << path_to_utf8(in_cwd) << "\n";
+		auto cwd = fs::current_path();
 
-			v.push_back({"cwd", fs::canonical(in_cwd)});
+		while (!cwd.empty()) {
+			const auto in_cwd = cwd / master_ini_filename();
+			if (fs::exists(in_cwd) && !fs::equivalent(in_cwd, master))
+			{
+				if (verbose)
+					u8cout << "also found in cwd " << path_to_utf8(in_cwd) << "\n";
+
+				v.push_back({ "cwd", fs::canonical(in_cwd) });
+				break;
+			}
+			cwd = cwd.parent_path();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1070,10 +1076,18 @@ void init_options(
 {
 	MOB_ASSERT(!inis.empty());
 
+	// Keep track of the INI that contained a prefix:
+	fs::path ini_prefix;
 	bool add = true;
 	for (auto&& ini : inis)
 	{
+		// Check if the prefix is set by this ini file:
+		fs::path cprefix = add ? fs::path{} : paths::prefix();
 		parse_ini(ini, add);
+
+		if (paths::prefix() != cprefix)
+			ini_prefix = ini;
+
 		add = false;
 	}
 
@@ -1085,6 +1099,11 @@ void init_options(
 		{
 			const auto po = parse_option(o);
 
+			if (po.section == "paths" && po.key == "prefix") 
+			{
+				ini_prefix = "";
+			}
+
 			if (po.task.empty())
 			{
 				conf::set_global(po.section, po.key, po.value);
@@ -1142,7 +1161,7 @@ void init_options(
 	this_env::append_to_path(conf::path_by_name("qt_bin"));
 
 	if (!paths::prefix().empty())
-		make_canonical_path("prefix", fs::current_path(), "");
+		make_canonical_path("prefix", ini_prefix.empty() ? fs::current_path() : ini_prefix.parent_path(), "");
 
 	make_canonical_path("cache",             paths::prefix(), "downloads");
 	make_canonical_path("build",             paths::prefix(), "build");

From 5b946cd7984023aa69ae9efad3d1804680f4005f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mika=C3=ABl=20Capelle?= <capelle.mikael@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 19:53:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Create mob.ini in build directory when not present

---
 src/commands.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/commands.cpp b/src/commands.cpp
index 9cfd0ac..63581a5 100644
--- a/src/commands.cpp
+++ b/src/commands.cpp
@@ -502,6 +502,17 @@ int build_command::do_run()
 {
 	try
 	{
+		// Create a mob.ini in the build folder.
+		if (!exists(paths::prefix())) {
+			create_directory(paths::prefix());
+		}
+		auto prefix_ini = paths::prefix() / "mob.ini";
+		if (!exists(prefix_ini))
+		{
+			std::ofstream out(prefix_ini);
+			out << "[paths]\n" << "prefix = .\n";
+		}
+
 		run_all_tasks();
 
 		if (do_timings)