1 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
index 6dd852c7875..8d4776dca0e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
@@ -290,6 +290,33 @@ static bool get_path_user(
 }
 
 /**
+ * Special convenience exception for dev builds to allow overrides to the system path.
+ * With this, need for running 'make install' can be avoided, e.g. by symlinking SOURCE_DIR/release
+ * to EXECUTABLE_DIR/release, or by running Blender from source directory directly.
+ */
+static bool get_path_system_dev_build_exception(
+        char *targetpath, size_t targetpath_len, const char *relfolder)
+{
+	char cwd[FILE_MAX];
+
+	/* Try EXECUTABLE_DIR/release/folder_name. Allows symlinking release folder from source dir. */
+	if (test_path(targetpath, targetpath_len, bprogdir, "release", relfolder)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	/* Try CWD/release/folder_name. Allows executing Blender from any directory
+	 * (usually source dir), even without a release dir in bprogdir. */
+	if (BLI_current_working_dir(cwd, sizeof(cwd))) {
+		if (test_path(targetpath, targetpath_len, cwd, "release", relfolder)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	/* never use if not existing. */
+	targetpath[0] = '\0';
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
  * Returns the path of a folder within the Blender installation directory.
  *
  * \param targetpath  String to return path
@@ -305,7 +332,6 @@ static bool get_path_system(
 {
 	char system_path[FILE_MAX];
 	const char *system_base_path;
-	char cwd[FILE_MAX];
 	char relfolder[FILE_MAX];
 
 	if (folder_name) {
@@ -320,25 +346,9 @@ static bool get_path_system(
 		relfolder[0] = '\0';
 	}
 
-	/* first allow developer only overrides to the system path
-	 * these are only used when running blender from source */
-
-	/* try CWD/release/folder_name */
-	if (BLI_current_working_dir(cwd, sizeof(cwd))) {
-		if (test_path(targetpath, targetpath_len, cwd, "release", relfolder)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-	}
-	/* try EXECUTABLE_DIR/release/folder_name */
-	if (test_path(targetpath, targetpath_len, bprogdir, "release", relfolder)) {
+	if (get_path_system_dev_build_exception(targetpath, targetpath_len, relfolder)) {
 		return true;
 	}
-	/* never use if not existing. */
-	targetpath[0] = '\0';
-
-	/* end developer overrides */
-
-
 
 	system_path[0] = '\0';