# sonar.projectBaseDir doesn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\ **Created:** [April 20, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-projectbasedir-doesnt-work/89582 "2023-04-20T15:19:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuslanNam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ruslannam/32/44351_2.png) [@RuslanNam](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/RuslanNam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-projectbasedir-doesnt-work/89582/1 "2023-04-20T15:19:39Z")
Must-share information SonarQube community edition version 8.8 (build 42792) how is SonarQube deployed: Jenkins Hello everyone I’m trying to run sonarqube analisys with Jenkins We use multi scm project, and since sonarqube doesn’t support multi scm analisys(with scm integration), i’m trying to run it on certain repo Our project consists of folders, so basicly it looks like - jenkins\_folder |-- workspace –|-- sonarqube –|–|-- project 1 (repo 1) –|–|–|-- .git –|–|–|-- files to analyse –|–|-- project 2 (repo 2) –|–|–|-- .git –|–|–|-- files to analyse Analisys run in root folder by default and i get “root Not inside a Git work tree” So I decided to run analisys on project 1 and set sonar.projectBaseDir=/jenkins\_folder/workspace/sonarqube/project 1 And I got error: [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.8.0.2131:sonar (default-cli) on project: Not inside a Git work tree: C:\jenkins\_folder\workspace\sonarqube And in logs there is: [INFO] Base dir: C:\jenkins\_folder\workspace\sonarqube So setting projectBaseDir doesn’t work, it’s still root folder and I can’t get what to do about it Tell pls, what am I doing wrong, and how to solve this problem ---
**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ganncamp/32/1261_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-projectbasedir-doesnt-work/89582/2 "2023-04-21T15:42:02Z")
Hi, Your version is past EOL. You should upgrade to either the latest version or the current LTS at your earliest convenience. Your upgrade path is: > 8.9 → 8.9.10 → 9.9 → 10.0 (last step optional) You may find the [Upgrade Guide](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/setup/upgrading/) and the [LTS-to-LTS Upgrade Notes for 7.9 to 8.9](https://docs.sonarqube.org/8.9/setup/lts-to-lts-upgrade-notes/), as well as the [LTS to LTS release upgrade notes for 8.9 to 9.9](https://docs.sonarqube.org/9.9/setup-and-upgrade/lts-to-lts-release-upgrade-notes/) helpful. If you have questions about upgrading, feel free to open a new thread for that [here](https://community.sonarsource.com/c/sq/9-9-lts-upgrade/47). Regarding your question, you should `cd` into `project 1` before you run analysis.   Ann ---
**Author:** ![RuslanNam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ruslannam/32/44351_2.png) [@RuslanNam](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/RuslanNam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-projectbasedir-doesnt-work/89582/3 "2023-04-23T14:52:39Z")
thanks a bunch, but why does one need to cd to another folder, if there is a way to set the analysis to begin from certain folder? The main quesition is why doesn’t base dir change, how does cd should make any change? ---
**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ganncamp/32/1261_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-projectbasedir-doesnt-work/89582/4 "2023-04-24T14:09:49Z")
Hi, Analysis expects to be kicked off from the project root.   Ann ---
**Author:** ![RuslanNam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ruslannam/32/44351_2.png) [@RuslanNam](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/RuslanNam)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-projectbasedir-doesnt-work/89582/5 "2023-04-27T09:07:57Z")
Nothing’s working. Not cd, nor dir command in pipeline I don’t know what can I do else, counting on you, hope you can give some advice ---
**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/ganncamp/32/1261_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/ganncamp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonar-projectbasedir-doesnt-work/89582/6 "2023-04-27T11:32:08Z")
Hi, My first advice is to upgrade. Then come back and we can go from there.   Ann