1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cmd.lua b/src/luarocks/cmd.lua
index 962d9256..3abad789 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cmd.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cmd.lua
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ do
       end
 
       detect_config_via_args = function(args)
-         local project_dir, given = find_project_dir(args.project_tree)
+         local project_dir, given
+         if not args.no_project then
+            project_dir, given = find_project_dir(args.project_tree)
+         end
+
          local detected = detect_lua_via_args(args, project_dir)
          if args.lua_version then
             detected.given_lua_version = args.lua_version
@@ -469,6 +473,7 @@ Enabling completion for Fish:
    parser:flag("--local", "Use the tree in the user's home directory.\n"..
       "To enable it, see '"..program.." help path'.")
    parser:flag("--global", "Use the system tree when `local_by_default` is `true`.")
+   parser:flag("--no-project", "Do not use project tree even if running from a project folder.")
    parser:flag("--verbose", "Display verbose output of commands executed.")
    parser:option("--timeout", "Timeout on network operations, in seconds.\n"..
       "0 means no timeout (wait forever). Default is "..