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Directory structure
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This page assumes you've :doc:`installed sbt <Setup>` and
seen the :doc:`Hello, World <Hello>` example.
Base directory
--------------
In sbt's terminology, the "base directory" is the directory containing
the project. So if you created a project `hello` containing
`hello/build.sbt` and `hello/hw.scala` as in the :doc:`Hello, World <Hello>`
example, `hello` is your base directory.
Source code
-----------
Source code can be placed in the project's base directory as with
`hello/hw.scala`. However, most people don't do this for real
projects; too much clutter.
sbt uses the same directory structure as
`Maven <http://maven.apache.org/>`_ for source files by default (all
paths are relative to the base directory):
.. code-block:: text
src/
main/
resources/
<files to include in main jar here>
scala/
<main Scala sources>
java/
<main Java sources>
test/
resources
<files to include in test jar here>
scala/
<test Scala sources>
java/
<test Java sources>
Other directories in `src/` will be ignored. Additionally, all hidden
directories will be ignored.
sbt build definition files
--------------------------
You've already seen `build.sbt` in the project's base directory. Other
sbt files appear in a `project` subdirectory.
`project` can contain `.scala` files, which are combined with
`.sbt` files to form the complete build definition.
See :doc:`.scala build definitions <Full-Def>` for more.
.. code-block:: text
build.sbt
project/
Build.scala
You may see `.sbt` files inside `project/` but they are not
equivalent to `.sbt` files in the project's base directory. Explaining
this will :doc:`come later <Full-Def>`, since you'll need
some background information first.
Build products
--------------
Generated files (compiled classes, packaged jars, managed files, caches,
and documentation) will be written to the `target` directory by
default.
Configuring version control
---------------------------
Your `.gitignore` (or equivalent for other version control systems)
should contain:
.. code-block:: text
target/
Note that this deliberately has a trailing `/` (to match only
directories) and it deliberately has no leading `/` (to match
`project/target/` in addition to plain `target/`).
Next
====
Learn about :doc:`running sbt <Running>`.