lib folder is automatically created everytime platformio.ini is modified

[theagoliveira]

What kind of issue is this?

[x] PlatformIO Core. If you’ve found a bug, please provide an information below.

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Configuration

Operating system: Ubuntu 17.10

PlatformIO Version (platformio --version): 3.5.3a3

Description of problem

I'm using a folder called libraries (instead of lib) for my private libraries, with the option platformio.ini > [platformio] > lib_dir = libraries. Everything is working fine; however, everytime I modify and save the platformio.ini file a lib folder appears inside the project's folder. I'm also using custom source folders with the src_dir option, but no src folder gets created (which is the expected behavior). Is there a way to stop this lib folder from being created?

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new project;
2. Add lib_dir = libraries to platformio.ini file;
3. Delete lib folder;
4. Save platformio.ini file.

Actual Results

A lib folder appears.

Expected Results

No lib folder appears, since I'm not using a folder called lib inside my project anymore.

If problems with PlatformIO Build System:

The content of platformio.ini:

[platformio]
lib_dir = libraries
; src_dir = src1
src_dir = src2

[env:uno]
platform = atmelavr
board = uno
framework = arduino

[theagoliveira]

I noticed the same thing happens with .gitignore file (appears when platformio.ini is modified). Can I choose to not have this file? I want to place multiple platformio projects in one repository, with only one .gitignore file:

git_repository/
  project1/
    libraries/
    src1/
    src2/
    ...
  project2/
    libraries/
    src1/
    src2/
    ...
  ...
  .gitignore

[ivankravets]

Please retest with the latest dev version via pio upgrade --dev.