New Commandline option (e.g. "-D", "--directory") to specify the project directory

[lefou]

By default, the project directory is the one, which contains the buildfile. This way, it is possibly to only reference an alternative buildfile (-f, -F) and trigger the build in the right directory.

Sometimes, it is desireable, to execute a buildfile from elsewhere in the current or another directory. GNU Make has an option ("-C", "--directory") for that use case.

Use case 1: A "central" build file in the users home directory which contains generic task (aka tools, see also #126) which might be useful in different places

Use case 2: A remote build file or a downloaded buildfile or a buildfile lying in a readonly location.

Ticket imported form Redmine http://sbuild.tototec.de/sbuild

Original Redmine issue link: Redmine ID 134
Reporter: Tobias Roeser => @lefou
Creating date: 2013-07-02T21:39:08+02:00

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Start date: 2013-07-02
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This issue relates issue #126.

This issue blocks issue #133.

[lefou]

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Comment imported from Redmine http://sbuild.tototec.de/sbuild/issues/134
Author: Tobias Roeser => @lefou
Creating date: 2013-10-09T17:55:42+02:00

[lefou]

The hidden .sbuild folder with the compiled buildfile and other resources sould be placed into the directory given with -D.

Also, if we later support other scheme's than file: in -f, than the current working directory could be automatically treated like -D.