Change directory for generated mocks

[SharbelOkzan]

If I'm not missing anything, there's currently no way to change the default location of the generated files using @generateMocks .

For example, in our project, we want all generated *.mock.dart files to be in a single package instead of spreading them among the test folders.

I believe many will also appreciate this feature, especially since it's common practice to store all mocks in a single folder in other frameworks.

Please correct me if this configuration option exists and I didn't find it.

[srawlins]

Thanks for filing the request; this feature does not exist today.

@natebosch it looks like we have the ability to hand-craft an AssetId for the BuildStep's output. Do you know if any other builder has added a configuration option like this?

[natebosch]

Here is a nice writeup the author of the feature wrote about using the new build extension syntax which allows directory moves: https://simonbinder.eu/posts/build_directory_moves/

[hurrba]

any updates on this?

[srawlins]

No update

[jmandawg]

+1 this should be a feature.

[yanok]

to set expectations: we are not going to work in this anytime soon. Contributions are welcome.

[LuisDuarte1]

I'm working on this, please refer to my PR, for further comments on the issue.

I find it useful, because it gets a bit confusing to have a lot of .mocks.dart files in the same directory and you don't have to look at them at all, for the most part. So having the option to change directory through build_extensions is very useful imo.