Write dependency file to build directory when user invokes Object builder directly - close #135

lib/rscons/builders/mixins/object.rb

@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ module Rscons
             @vars["_SOURCES"] = @sources
             depfilesuffix = @env.expand_varref("${DEPFILESUFFIX}", vars)
             @vars["_DEPFILE"] =
-              if @vars[:direct]
-                @env.get_build_fname(target, depfilesuffix, self.class)
+              if @vars[:direct] || !@target.start_with?("#{@env.build_root}/")
+                @env.get_build_fname(@target, depfilesuffix, self.class)
               else
-                "#{target}#{depfilesuffix}"
+                "#{@target}#{depfilesuffix}"
               end
             @cache.mkdir_p(File.dirname(@vars["_DEPFILE"]))
             command = @env.build_command(@command_template, @vars)

spec/build_tests_spec.rb

@@ -1484,6 +1484,16 @@ EOF
       expect(File.exist?("simple.o")).to be_truthy
     end
 
+    it "writes the dependency file to the build root" do
+      test_dir "simple"
+      result = run_rscons(rsconscript: "distclean.rb")
+      expect(result.stderr).to eq ""
+      expect(result.stdout).to match /Compiling simple\.c/
+      expect(File.exist?("simple.o")).to be_truthy
+      expect(File.exist?("simple.o.mf")).to be_falsey
+      expect(File.exist?("build/e.1/simple.o.mf")).to be_truthy
+    end
+
     context "debugging" do
       it "prints a message when the target does not exist" do
         test_dir("simple")