This allows configuring the directory for build artifacts, instead of having it always be ./build. This means you can set it to a constant location, letting you reuse the same cache while working in several different directories.
The configuration lives in config.toml under build.build-dir. By default, it keeps the existing default of ./build, but it can be configured to any relative or absolute path. Additionally, it allows making outputs relative to the root of the git repository using $ROOT.