From 8f340ffb8db0eea74dcdb1068ee575d28d39dbb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jukka Laurila Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 23:44:20 +0100 Subject: Generate meson.build based on existing source files when meson init is run in a non-empty directory. --- docs/markdown/snippets/improved-meson-init.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/markdown/snippets/improved-meson-init.md (limited to 'docs/markdown') diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/improved-meson-init.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/improved-meson-init.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec17bc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/improved-meson-init.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +## Autogeneration of simple meson.build files + +A feature to generate a meson.build file compiling given C/C++ source +files into a single executable has been added to "meson init". By +default, it will take all recognizable source files in the current +directory. You can also specify a list of dependencies with the -d +flag and automatically invoke a build with the -b flag to check if the +code builds with those dependencies. + +For example, + +```meson +meson init -fbd sdl2,gl +``` + +will look for C or C++ files in the current directory, generate a +meson.build for them with the dependencies of sdl2 and gl and +immediately try to build it, overwriting any previous meson.build and +build directory. -- cgit v1.1