Closes #831: Provide `--project` flag in setup_command as advertised.

CHANGES

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Release 1.1.3 (in development)
 
 * #844: Fix crashes when dealing with Unicode output in doctest extension.
 
+* #831: Provide ``--project`` flag in setup_command as advertised.
+
 
 Release 1.1.2 (Nov 1, 2011) -- 1.1.1 is a silly version number anyway!
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sphinx/setup_command.py

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class BuildDoc(Command):
         self.fresh_env = self.all_files = False
         self.source_dir = self.build_dir = None
         self.builder = 'html'
+        self.project = ''
         self.version = ''
         self.release = ''
         self.today = ''
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ class BuildDoc(Command):
         else:
             status_stream = sys.stdout
         confoverrides = {}
+        if self.project:
+             confoverrides['project'] = self.project        
         if self.version:
              confoverrides['version'] = self.version
         if self.release: