{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/kamsar/Synthesis/issues/27","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/kamsar/Synthesis/issues/27/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/kamsar/Synthesis/issues/27/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/kamsar/Synthesis/issues/27/events","html_url":"https://github.com/kamsar/Synthesis/issues/27","id":117631719,"number":27,"title":"Cannot use a sc.variable in a patch file to change the location of generated classes","user":{"login":"thesoftwarejedi","id":6439434,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6439434?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi","html_url":"https://github.com/thesoftwarejedi","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thesoftwarejedi/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-11-18T16:59:31Z","updated_at":"2015-11-18T16:59:31Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'm trying to use a variable defined in a dev patch file that allows the dev to specify the source root folder.  We don't use the webroot as the source root.  Unicorn let's me do this.  With Synthesis it is passed along as a string.\r\n\r\n```\r\n<configuration xmlns:patch=\"http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/\">\r\n  <sitecore>\r\n    <synthesis>\r\n      <providers>\r\n        <generatorParametersProvider type=\"Synthesis.Configuration.ConfigurationGeneratorParametersProvider, Synthesis\">\r\n          <ItemOutputPath>$(sourceRoot)/Website/Code/Synthesis/Synthesis.Model.Concrete.cs</ItemOutputPath>\r\n          <InterfaceOutputPath>$(sourceRoot)/Website/Code/Synthesis/Synthesis.Model.cs</InterfaceOutputPath>\r\n        </generatorParametersProvider>\r\n      </providers>\r\n    </synthesis>\r\n  </sitecore>\r\n</configuration> \r\n```"}}