Added support for "shared_dir"

HISTORY.rst

@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ PlatformIO 4.0
   - Fixed an issue with hardcoded C standard version when generating project for CLion IDE (`issue #2527 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/2527>`_)
   - Fixed an issue with Project Generator when include path search order is inconsistent to what passed to the compiler (`issue #2509 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/2509>`_)
 
+* **PIO Remote**
+
+  - Added support for `shared_dir <http://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf/section_platformio.html#shared-dir>`__ where you can place an extra files (extra scripts, LD scripts, etc.) which should be transferred to a remote machine
+
 * **Miscellaneous**
 
   - Deprecated ``--only-check`` PlatformIO Core CLI option for "update" sub-commands, please use ``--dry-run`` instead

platformio/project/helpers.py

@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ def get_project_data_dir():
                                                      "data"))
 
 
+def get_project_shared_dir():
+    return get_project_optional_dir("shared_dir",
+                                    join(get_project_dir(), "shared"))
+
+
 def calculate_project_hash():
     check_suffixes = (".c", ".cc", ".cpp", ".h", ".hpp", ".s", ".S")
     chunks = [__version__]

platformio/project/options.py

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ ProjectOptions = OrderedDict([
                                sysenvvar="PLATFORMIO_BOARDS_DIR"),
         ConfigPlatformioOption(name="data_dir",
                                sysenvvar="PLATFORMIO_DATA_DIR"),
+        ConfigPlatformioOption(name="shared_dir",
+                               sysenvvar="PLATFORMIO_SHARED_DIR"),
 
         #
         # [env]