TrieMake uses JSON to configure/build/test large c++ dependency trees

warning

This tool is currently experimental, and possibly not useful, examine at your own risk. check out (not my project) https://conan.io if you need c++ dependency management today

What ?

• npm for c++, (but not really because scripting vs symbols, em i rite?)

Why ?

• native code runs fast, is safe, saves electricity

'it' can ->

• fetch
  • git branches or tarballs
• configure
  • create / replace / files ala autotools "config.h.in"
  • generate ninja or cmake files
  • or use directly those things i.e cmake --configure
• build
  • with ninja
  • easily override all cFlags / cxxFlags
• install
  • automagically aggregates headers and libs, but can override for specific copying
  • no 'make install' everything is stored locally, and dependencies include locally
• test
  • run tests -- not implemented yet

other things of note

• can be run directly on mac / win / linux with node
• can use docker run 1e1f/tmake (if linux host environment is ok)

current roadmap, things aren't done that need to be

host: yaml configs as json in a central repo cache: store static_libs + headers against config hash clang cross-compile and dynamic support for different toolchain / sysroot

philosophies

• always be cross-compiling
• statically link all the things
• declarative yaml / json only, no imperative configuration logic
• can override settings in any dependency from any point below it in the config tree
• cascading selectors make configuration as DRY as possible
• support other build tools (ninja, cmake, make, gyp)
• be embeddable in another project / build system
• avoid use of any globals on dev machine, project folder is the universe
• no explicit publication of built source, just pull a hash if it exists

To Install

npm install -g tmake

REQUIREMENTS

Trying to make this as automatic as possible

depends on node fetches most other aspects of the toolchain, except for git + cmake (presently)

• nodejs - https://nodejs.org/en/
  • it is built in node
  • https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=install+nodejs&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
• build tools
  • ninja - will be automatically installed locally
  • cmake - https://cmake.org https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=install+cmake&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
• some build tools i.e.
  • xcode on mac
  • build-essentials on linux
  • maybe works on windows? (i haven't checked yet)

Run an example

mkdir tmake-example && cd tmake-example
tmake example served
tmake
./build/example_served &
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/hello

What's the build file look like?

a simple cross platform zlib config

---
git:
  repository: madler/zlib
  tag: v1.2.8
configure:
  replace:
    gzguts:
      matching:
        - "gzguts.h"
      inputs:
        unistd:
        - "#ifdef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
        - "#include <unistd.h>\n#ifdef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
build:
  with: ninja
  sources:
    matching:
      - "*.c"
  compilerFlags:
    ios:
      miphoneos-version-min: "=6.0"
  cFlags:
    O: 3
    Wall: true
    Wwrite-strings: true
    Wpointer-arith: true
    Wconversion: true
    ios:
      "fembed-bitcode": true

Contributing

see 'warning' at the top, update this project is ALMOST useful now, please holler at [email protected] if you're interested in this project

Release History

(Nothing yet)

License

Copyright (c) 2016 1e1f Licensed under the MIT license.