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@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ The list of source files or directories to be unpacked or copied. One of these m
After running `unpackPhase`, the generic builder changes the current directory to the directory created by unpacking the sources. If there are multiple source directories, you should set `sourceRoot` to the name of the intended directory. Set `sourceRoot = ".";` if you use `srcs` and control the unpack phase yourself.
By default the `sourceRoot` is set to `"source"`. If you want to point to a sub-directory inside your project, you therefore need to set `sourceRoot = "source/my-sub-directory"`.
##### `setSourceRoot` {#var-stdenv-setSourceRoot}
Alternatively to setting `sourceRoot`, you can set `setSourceRoot` to a shell command to be evaluated by the unpack phase after the sources have been unpacked. This command must set `sourceRoot`.