what is `deployment.pri` that comes with plain C++ project in Qt

Question

I wonder what is this file deployment.pri when I create a plain C++ project. Also, is there an option to turn off adding this file with plain C++ project? I ended up removing it but I have to do this every time I create plain C++ project.

Answer 1

By and large, .pro file uses .pri files to separate the project settings (that go directly to qmake) and the included files (sources, headers, etc.).

You can customize the default project templates as you wish:

%QTDIR%/share/qtcreator/templates (for Windows);

/usr/share/qtcreator/templates (for Unix).

For example, the plain C++ template for qmake is stored at %QTDIR%/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/plaincppapp/qmake/project.pro. Simply edit this file and remove the unwanted lines (include(deployment.pri) in your case).