!!DEPRECATED!!

Premake5AppSystem

A premake5 system that allows apps with dependencies with more dependencies

How it works

With normal premake projects you have a premake5.lua file that controls how premake5 operates in that project. To make sure that other projects can include another project a fix had to be made. That's where this premake5 system comes in.

All you need is the premake/ folder and a premakeApp.lua file that creates one or more apps and returns them.

To create a project you need a premakeApp.lua file that creates the app(s) using

local app = APP.GetOrCreateApp("app") -- Creates an app called 'app'

To use another project call one of the following functions in the premakeApp.lua file

local thirdPartyApp = APP.GetThirdPartyApp("ThirdPartyApp")          -- Loads a project at 'APP.thirdPartyFolder .. "ThirdPartyApp/premakeApp.lua"'
local thirdPartyLib = APP.GetThirdPartyLibrary("ThirdPartyLib")      -- Loads a project at 'APP.thirdPartyFolder .. "ThirdPartyApp.lua"
local customPathedApp = APP.GetApp("SomeFolder/CustomPathedApp")     -- Loads a project at '"SomeFolder/CustomPathedApp/premakeApp.lua"'
local customPathedLib = APP.GetLibrary("SomeFolder/CustomPathedLib") -- Loads a project at '"SomeFolder/CustomPathedLib.lua"'

You can change what 'APP.thirdPartyFolder' is using this function in the premakeApp.lua file

APP.SetThirdPartyFolder("Vendors")

Changing project properties can be done using variables in the app object. For help on what can be done visit the Wiki.

Q. But how do I change premake stuff myself?

A. Use State object and add that to the app with a filter of your choosing, making the filter = {} will make it work on anything.

Q. Why does git detect some workspace files was included?

A. This project does not have all the ignores specified in the .gitignore so if any are missing please open an issue and specify all the ignores that are missing.