How to render a .qmd file in on directory using _quarto.yml from another directory?

[fredguth]

Description

I have the following directory structure:

.
├── my-dir
│   └── document.qmd
└── other-dir
    ├── _quarto.yml
    ├── .gitignore
    └── project.qmd

I’d like to be able to run the render command from inside my-dir so that the rendering of document.qmd picks up the project configuration defined in ../other-dir/_quarto.yml.

For example, I tried:

cd my-dir
quarto render document.qmd --execute-dir ../other-dir

But this doesn’t seem to make Quarto recognize the _quarto.yml in ../other-dir.

Question:
Is there a way to tell Quarto to use a _quarto.yml from a different directory than the one where the .qmd file lives? Or alternatively, is there a recommended way to organize/render in this scenario without having to duplicate the _quarto.yml?

Additional context:
Imagine the scenario where you want to render the same my-dir/document.qmd in different projects (each with its own _quarto.yml). What’s the best way to do this?

MWE:
I’ve created a minimal working example here:
👉 github.com/fredguth/quarto_mwe

[mcanouil]

No, because this goes against the design of Quarto making _quarto.yml the root of a project and that all resources must be within that project.

It's very unlikely to say the least that Quarto will ever allow you to do something like that.

Either move _quarto.yml to a parent directory, or duplicate it.

execute-dir is for code cells. It defines where R/Jupyter/etc. code is executed. it does nothing else.

Imagine the scenario where you want to render the same my-dir/document.qmd in different projects (each with its own _quarto.yml).

You are describing profiles I believe: https://quarto.org/docs/projects/profiles.html

[fredguth]

Got it.