Colcon/Ros2: Specify a different src directory?

Question

From the documentation, I see that colcon allows one to specify different build (--build-base) and install directories (--install-base):

https://colcon.readthedocs.io/en/released/reference/verb/build.html

But is it also possible to specify a different src directory? or is the name src hardcoded? It seems like there should be an option like --src-base, but I don't see that anywhere in the docs.

Answer 1

You are looking for colcon build --paths <package_path>.

The --build-base will change the path where the build folder from the workspace will be placed.