Project Item

A Project item represents a collection of of products. In a non-trivial project, these products are typically defined in their own files and referenced in the main project file:

Project {
    references: [
        "product1/product1.qbs",
        "product2/product2.qbs"
    ]
}

Any property prop attached to this item is available in sub-items as project.prop.

While the root of the item hierarchy is always a Project, this kind of item can also appear further down the hierarchy. Such sub-projects are ususally introduced to group products. See the SubProject Item for details.

Note: If your project consists of only one product, the Project item can be omitted.

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
namestringbasename of the file the project is defined inThe project name. Only relevant for e.g. displaying a project tree in an IDE.
conditionbooltrueWhether the project is enabled. If false, no products or sub-projects will be collected.
qbsSearchPathsstringListemptyThese paths are searched for imports and modules in addition to the ones listed in preferences.qbsSearchPaths. All products in the project inherit this value by default.
referencespath listemptyA list of files from which to import products. This is equivalent to defining the respective Product items directly under this Project item.