RPAutoBuild
RPAutoBuilder - The C++ Builder! (a make alternitive)
RPAutoBuild
RPAutoBuild is a C++ alternitive to make (and I guess Cmake) and works by cloning a git repo (and submodules), reading the rpauto.build file and building targets according to the config. Operating systems can be freely selected and will automatically be defined in the source files though -D{OS} (This feature require a compiler for the target OS)
Requirements
RPAutoBuild requires RPCommonLib (a set of headers made to make my own life easier)
RPAutoBuild requires git to download repos
Build
Ironically enough a makefile is provided as most people are assumed to have make installed - but a rpauto.build is also provided to serve as an example and does in fact build RPAutoBuild if a previous version of the software is already installed.
The install commands are as following:
Make:
make OS={PUT_OS_HERE}
RPAutoBuild:
rpauto https://github.com/AnzoDK/RPAutoBuild
Usage
RPAutoBuild requires a git repo or a local folder. Git repos will be downloaded with the following command:
rpauto {Git_Repo}
Building a project from a local folder can be achieved with the following command:
rpauto <folder> --local
The downside of this command (as of now) is that the repo/project in question has to exist in the working directory of the terminal. (Also dumb, and will be fixed)
Config
The rpauto.build file is simple to setup. The first lines will contain the settings for the builder itself. Here there are a few required lines:
OS={"{OS}","{OS2}","..."}
OS_COMPILER={"_null_","g++"};
OS_TARGET={"default","default"};
ARCH={"x86_64"}
These 4 lines decide what OS(ses) we need to build, what compilers to use, what build target to build, and what architecture will be targeted. It worth to note that OS_COMPILER, OS_TARGET and OS must have the same amount of arguments for the config to be accepted.
Besides these, there exists 2 other commands that are not required:
SET_BUILD_VAR={"",""}
SET_VAR={"",""}
SET_BUILD_VAR Sets a variable in the builder, that the builder will respond to, but only if it matches any of a few predetermined ones.
SET_VAR Allows to create user-defined variables and use them elsewhere in the config, as can be seen in the example rpauto.build file.
TODO Finish ReadMe