Add an option to set ouput directory on build

docs/cli.md

@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ Note that, at the moment, only pure python wheels are supported.
 ### Options
 
 * `--format (-f)`: Limit the format to either `wheel` or `sdist`.
+* `--output (-o)`: Set output directory for build artifacts.
 
 ## publish
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ generate-setup-file = false
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7"
 
-poetry-core = "1.4.0"
+# subject to change after poetry-core is released
+poetry-core = {git = "https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry-core", branch = "main"}
 poetry-plugin-export = "^1.2.0"
 "backports.cached-property" = { version = "^1.0.2", python = "<3.8" }
 cachecontrol = { version = "^0.12.9", extras = ["filecache"] }

src/poetry/console/commands/build.py

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ class BuildCommand(EnvCommand):
     description = "Builds a package, as a tarball and a wheel by default."
 
     options = [
-        option("format", "f", "Limit the format to either sdist or wheel.", flag=False)
+        option("format", "f", "Limit the format to either sdist or wheel.", flag=False),
+        option("output", "o", "Set output directory name", flag=False, default="dist"),
     ]
 
     loggers = [
@@ -31,6 +32,6 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
             )
 
             builder = Builder(self.poetry)
-            builder.build(fmt, executable=env.python)
+            builder.build(fmt, executable=env.python, target_dir=self.option("output"))
 
         return 0