From 6d52aa3c0be489384c04d6470d7101885859c39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: memsharded <james@conan.io>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 01:12:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] define install_folder to be usable by custom generators

---
 conans/client/manager.py                      |  1 +
 .../generators/custom_generator_test.py       | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/conans/client/manager.py b/conans/client/manager.py
index 598e4517ec0..5f18fe7c318 100644
--- a/conans/client/manager.py
+++ b/conans/client/manager.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def install(self, ref_or_path, install_folder, graph_info, remotes=None, build_m
             manifest_manager.print_log()
 
         if install_folder:
+            conanfile.install_folder = install_folder
             # Write generators
             output = conanfile.output if conanfile.display_name != "virtual" else self._user_io.out
             if generators is not False:
diff --git a/conans/test/functional/generators/custom_generator_test.py b/conans/test/functional/generators/custom_generator_test.py
index 82aa1104c71..0293cf73b8c 100644
--- a/conans/test/functional/generators/custom_generator_test.py
+++ b/conans/test/functional/generators/custom_generator_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import textwrap
 import unittest
 
 from conans.model.ref import ConanFileReference
@@ -147,3 +148,27 @@ class MyCustomGeneratorWithTemplatePackage(ConanFile):
         client.run("install gen/0.1@user/stable -g=MyCustomTemplateGenerator")
         generated = load(os.path.join(client.current_folder, "customfile.gen"))
         self.assertEqual(generated, "Template: Hello")
+
+    def install_folder_test(self):
+        # https://github.com/conan-io/conan/issues/5568
+        templated_generator = textwrap.dedent("""
+            from conans import ConanFile
+            from conans.model import Generator
+            class MyGenerator(Generator):
+                @property
+                def filename(self):
+                    return "customfile.gen"
+                @property
+                def content(self):
+                    return self.conanfile.install_folder
+
+            class MyCustomGenerator(ConanFile):
+                pass
+            """)
+        client = TestClient()
+        client.save({CONANFILE: templated_generator, "mytemplate.txt": "Template: %s"})
+        client.run("create . gen/0.1@user/stable")
+        client.run("install gen/0.1@user/stable -g=MyGenerator")
+        generated = load(os.path.join(client.current_folder, "customfile.gen"))
+        self.assertEqual(generated, client.current_folder)
+