Opening a file in an existing Qt creator instance

Question

My team is working with QT creator 2.8.0 to develop our product on Linux Suse 11. I'm developing an external tool to help with managing source-control (git-flow) and dev tasks and schedule.

I can use my tool to open files in QT creator from command line, but I much prefer telling the existing instance of QT creator to open them. How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

It's a simple command:

<path_to>/qtcreator -client <file_path>

You can do:

<path_to>/qtcreator -help

to see all the other command line options the creator provides