How to specify a build folder in Travis?

Question

I have a github repository user/repo but the real project is in a subfolder user/repo/project/build.sbt
What should I write in the .travis.yml to make Travis ignore the top folder and work only in the project folder?

Inspired by this I tried the following which didn't work:

env:   global:     - REPO="user/repo"     - CI_HOME=`pwd`/$REPO script: sh -c 'cd $CI_HOME/project' && sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION package 

Error log:

$ sh -c 'cd $CI_HOME/project' && sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION package Detected sbt version 0.12.2-RC1 /home/travis/build/user/repo doesn't appear to be an sbt project. 

Ideally there should be a way to specify the build folder but let Travis handle the build command.

Answer 1

You could also try adding the following line in your .travis.yml file:

before_script: cd project 

Answer 2

I tried using this in my travis.yml file but didnt work

before_script: cd project 

Then i tried this

before_install: cd project 

And that worked 😅