A tool designed for personal use to simplify the creation of C++ projects.
To build the project, follow these steps:
-
Create a build directory and navigate into it:
mkdir build cd build
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Run CMake and make:
cmake .. make
Alternatively, you can use the installation script:
./install.sh
In order to create a template you'll need to either run cpp_project
at least once with or without any arguments or run the following commands.
cd ~/.config
mkdir -p ./cpp_project/templates
cd ./cpp_project/templates
mkdir example_template
Then you'd have to create a CMakeLists.txt file within the newly created directory using these placeholders:
__PROJECT_NAME__
: Placeholder for the first argument used.__NAME__
: Placeholder for either the first argument or the name flag.__VERSION__
: Placeholder for the version flag.__DESCRIPTION__
: Placeholder for the description flag.
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
project(__PROJECT_NAME__
VERSION __VERSION__
DESCRIPTION "__DESCRIPTION__")
file(GLOB CXX_SOURCES "src/*.c*")
add_executable(__NAME__ ${CXX_SOURCES})
To create a new project, use the following command:
cpp_project <project_name> [flags]
The following flags are available:
-h
,--help
: Outputs a help message.-n
,--name
: Sets the project binary's name.-d
,--description
: Sets the project's description.-v
,--version
: Sets the project version.-s
,--shared
: Makes the project a shared library.-t
,--template
: Copies the template. If no template is given it'll output the available templates.
Here’s an example of how to create a new project:
cpp_project MyAwesomeProject -n "project" -d "This is an awesome project!" -v "1.0.0"
This is the expected output from the example given above:
Project Information:
Name: project
Verison: 1.0.0
Description: This is an awesome project!
Shared: 0
Directory: ./MyAwesomeProject