{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/platformio/platformio/issues/273","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/platformio/platformio/issues/273/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/platformio/platformio/issues/273/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/platformio/platformio/issues/273/events","html_url":"https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/273","id":102353093,"number":273,"title":"Don't understand how /lib in the project folder works???","user":{"login":"gslender","id":2344457,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2344457?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender","html_url":"https://github.com/gslender","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gslender/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-08-21T10:59:47Z","updated_at":"2015-08-21T11:04:08Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When I've created a new project, there is a /src and /lib folder, but cannot follow how you are supposed to the use the /lib folder.\r\n\r\nIn Eclipse, if you place source files in the /lib folder, they are not configured to be used. Also, when you use the Library Manager, it adds the files to the ~/.platformio folder but that doesn't use the /lib folder either... so what gives???\r\n\r\n<bountysource-plugin>\r\n---\r\nWant to back this issue? **[Post a bounty on it!](https://www.bountysource.com/issues/26031095-don-t-understand-how-lib-in-the-project-folder-works?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F2014790&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github)** We accept bounties via [Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F2014790&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github).\r\n</bountysource-plugin>"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/platformio/platformio/issues/comments/133373401","html_url":"https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/273#issuecomment-133373401","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/platformio/platformio/issues/273","id":133373401,"user":{"login":"ivankravets","id":1760209,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1760209?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets","html_url":"https://github.com/ivankravets","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ivankravets/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-21T11:04:07Z","updated_at":"2015-08-21T11:04:07Z","body":"> In Eclipse, if you place source files in the /lib folder, they are not configured to be used.\r\n\r\nPlease read info in documentation http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf.html#lib-dir\r\n\r\n> Also, when you use the Library Manager, it adds the files to the ~/.platformio folder but that doesn't use the /lib folder either... so what gives???\r\n\r\nPlatformIO Library Manager uses own external folder (`~/.platformio/lib`) which is common between all your projects. \r\n\r\n"}}