bazel-sample

Provide a sample project for those people:

• use macOS (maybe linux)
• need C++ project (support clang and gcc)
• need bazel construction
• need gRPC and protobuf
• need openssl (version 1.1.1+, or the better option is boringssl)
• use CLion (not have to)

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How to prepare env

bazel

In macOS, homebrew can only install the latest version, please use 3.7.1 for this repo.

export BAZEL_VERSION=3.7.1
mkdir -p ~/tmp
cd ~/tmp
curl -fLO "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/${BAZEL_VERSION}/bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-installer-darwin-x86_64.sh"
chmod +x "bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-installer-darwin-x86_64.sh"
./bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-installer-darwin-x86_64.sh --user
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

CLion

About CLion version, please check this repo: https://github.com/bazelbuild/intellij

From 2021.6.4, you can use CLion 2021.1+ with bazel plugin in beta version, follow bazelbuild/intellij#2406 (comment)

So just install the latest version of CLion now.

Go CLion->Preferences...->Bazel settings->bazel binary location and set it ~/bin/bazel

How to build it

Import this repo

git clone https://github.com/WUST-mengqinyu/bazel-sample.git

Open your CLion, Click File->Import bazel project then choose this repo.

After that just click "next" until "finish".

Sync bazel

If you open this repo for the first time, CLion will sync this bazel project by auto.

Otherwise, just click the green heart in the top-right corner. ![docs/imgs/green_heart.png]

Build All

Open terminal in CLion and run

bazel build //...

If you want to build and run a spec binary, just go to a BUILD file or BUILD.bazel file, click a green triangle, then this binary will show in your top-right corner.