Initialize a new project or update existing passing working environment name and its options // Resolve #3686

HISTORY.rst

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 5
 5.0.2 (2020-09-??)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Initialize a new project or update existing passing working environment name and its options (`issue #3686 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3686>`_)
 - Automatically build PlatformIO Core extra Python dependencies on a host machine if they are missed in the registry (`issue #3700 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3700>`_)
 - Improved "core.call" RPC for PlatformIO Home (`issue #3671 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3671>`_)
 - Fixed a "PermissionError: [WinError 5]" on Windows when external repository is used with `lib_deps <https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf/section_env_library.html#lib-deps>`__ option (`issue #3664 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3664>`_)

platformio/commands/project.py

@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ def project_init(
     if is_new_project:
         init_base_project(project_dir)
 
-    if board:
-        fill_project_envs(
+    if environment:
+        update_project_env(project_dir, environment, project_option)
+    elif board:
+        update_board_envs(
             ctx, project_dir, board, project_option, env_prefix, ide is not None
         )
 
@@ -358,7 +360,7 @@ def init_cvs_ignore(project_dir):
         fp.write(".pio\n")
 
 
-def fill_project_envs(
+def update_board_envs(
     ctx, project_dir, board_ids, project_option, env_prefix, force_download
 ):
     config = ProjectConfig(
@@ -417,6 +419,26 @@ def _install_dependent_platforms(ctx, platforms):
     )
 
 
+def update_project_env(project_dir, environment, project_option):
+    if not project_option:
+        return
+    config = ProjectConfig(
+        os.path.join(project_dir, "platformio.ini"), parse_extra=False
+    )
+
+    section = "env:%s" % environment
+    if not config.has_section(section):
+        config.add_section(section)
+
+    for item in project_option:
+        if "=" not in item:
+            continue
+        _name, _value = item.split("=", 1)
+        config.set(section, _name.strip(), _value.strip())
+
+    config.save()
+
+
 def get_best_envname(config, board_ids=None):
     envname = None
     default_envs = config.default_envs()

platformio/project/config.py

@@ -358,12 +358,6 @@ class ProjectConfigBase(object):
                 click.secho("Warning! %s" % warning, fg="yellow")
         return True
 
-    def remove_option(self, section, option):
-        return self._parser.remove_option(section, option)
-
-    def remove_section(self, section):
-        return self._parser.remove_section(section)
-
 
 class ProjectConfigDirsMixin(object):
     def _get_core_dir(self, exists=False):