Builds

A CLI project building tool.

I was fed up with current C++ building tools, so I created my own. I borrowed the interface from Git so it would be somewhat familiar for everyone to use.

Not production ready yet. You can test the tool with the example usage below.

Example usage

$ builds add hello.cpp
Builds not initialized. Do you want to initialize a new builds file in the current directory? (y/N) y
+ hello.cpp
Added 1 file(s)
$ builds project rename hello
$ builds add-library memmanage -p libs
+ path libs
+ memmanage
$ builds build
compile hello.cpp
build hello
$ ./hello
Hello, world!

Requirements

• Python 3.5 or newer

Getting started

1. Clone the repo
2. pip install -r requirements.txt
3. ln -s /path/to/builds.py /usr/local/bin/builds
4. Try the example usage with a hello.cpp of your own

Supported features

• Manage projects
• Manage C++ project files
• Build C++ projects
• Add include paths
• Add libraries and paths
• Add shared libraries and paths
• Modular support for multiple project types (i.e. other than C++)

Upcoming features

• Watch project files and run specific build steps on them
• Python 3.4 support
• Manage project folder structure

Possible future features

• Import make or cmake files
• Export make or cmake files
• Support for older versions of python

List of commands

With a lack of better documentation, here are some commands:

• builds.py build [--rebuild] [--verbose] [--jobs n] [--run] [--target release] [projectname] build current or named project
• builds.py project show show active project name
• builds.py project rename [-p projectname] newprojectname rename a project or a current project with a new name
• builds.py add filename add a file
• builds.py add --interactive add files interactively
• builds.py remove filename remove a file
• builds.py add-library libraryname [--path librarypath] add a library and/or a library path
• builds.py add-include includepath add a include path
• builds.py add-shared-library sharedlibrary [--path sharedlibrarypath] add a shared library and/or runtime shared library path
• builds.py settings print print the current settings as json to the stdout