Store object files directly in objectdir

[dkaszews]

I am trying to port a make toolchain to xmake and need to maintain exact same directory structure for compatibility with old tools.

The old toolchain created the following structure:

build/
  ${target}/
    bin/
      ${target}.out
    out/
      main.o
      foo.o
      ...

While I can recreate the bin directory with set_targetdir('$(builddir)/' .. target:name .. '/bin') and set_extension('out'), using similar set_objectdir results in the following:

build/
  ${target}/
    bin/
      ${target}.out
    out/
      ${target}/
        ${os}/
          ${arch}/
            ${mode}/
              src/
                main/
                  main.c.obj
                lib/
                  foo.c.obj
      ...

Is there a way to tell xmake to store object files directly in objectdir, without any subdirectories, and specify the desired extension? I am aware this might cause issues if multiple source files share the same name, but the project already takes care of that due to old makefile.

[waruqi]

you can use os.cp + target:objectfile() to copy them to other path in after_build_file().

but xmake still will use original object file to link target.