Is the sonar-project.properties file essential for scanning?

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Hi, I’m using SonarQube Developer Edition 9.9.1.69595 version.

I would like to know if the sonar-project.properties file is required for code scanning.

Currently, I am succeeding in code scanning with just commands in the terminal without the sonar-project.properties file.
Instead of a sonar-project.properties file, I’m adding options like “-D"sonar.projectKey”, “-D"sonar.sources=”, “-D"sonar.projectBaseDir='” to the command, and the scan itself appears in the dashboard as if it works.

Am I correct that the sonar-project.properties file is not required for scanning in that version?

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It is not required, but some users prefer to keep their configuration in there in order to keep their configuration checked into source control rather than added each time ad-hoc (or stored as part of the CI pipeline)