From 8ef2be0429670ac82a1944f15a9d88121ca2bdc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Wise <phil@advancedtelematic.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:14:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add note on compilationDatabaseDirectory option

This is useful when building with cmake
---
 README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 381cbcfc..ca95ceab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ generate one in ninja. When you sync your code you should regenerate this file.
 $ ninja -C out/Release -t compdb cxx cc > compile_commands.json
 ```
 
-The `compile_commands.json` file should be in the top-level workspace directory.
+If the `compile_commands.json` is not in the top-level workspace directory,
+then the `cquery.misc.compilationDatabaseDirectory` setting can be used to
+specify its location.
 
 ### cquery.index.extraClangArguments