forestbelton / glua

build tool like browserify or webpack for Lua source files

glua

A build tool for Lua source files. Packages all of the .lua files within a directory into one, resolving local require() calls inline.

Usage

Usage: glua [-hV] <directoryName> <outputFile>
resolves calls to require() and combines output into a single lua file
      <directoryName>   The source directory to scan.
      <outputFile>      The output file to generate.
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  -V, --version         Print version information and exit. 

Example

Imagine there are two files src/A.lua and src/B.lua with the following contents:

src/A.lua:

local inc = function(x)
    return x + 1
end

return {
    inc=inc
}

src/B.lua:

local A = require('./A')
print(A.inc(0))

After running glua src combined.lua, combined.lua would contain:

local _MODULES = {}

table.insert(_MODULES, (function()
    local inc = function(x)
        return x + 1
    end
    
    return {
        inc=inc
    }
end)())

table.insert(_MODULES, (function()
    local A = _MODULES[1]
    print(A.inc(0))
end)())