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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