grunt-submake

Run Make rules through Grunt tasks (by just specifying the Makefile path and the rules!)

Description

If your project integrates subprojects using GNU Make, this plugin is made for you! With this plugin you will be able to run any Make rules from any Makefile inside any Grunt task.

Numerous use cases including:

• Build your Make-based subprojects during the build of your Grunt-based parent project,
• Run your subprojects' tests during the test process of your parent project,
• Combine grunt-contrib-watch with the power of Make to rebuild modified subprojects' parts without manual server reloading,
• Define easily a submake task for each Make-based subproject (no need to remember which rules to run for which subproject),
• Handle easily interoperability between Make and Grunt in every case (no need for subprojects specifically),
• Keep using command lines without shame (custom Grunt tasks are pretty cool but they could wait),
• Do a lot of other thing only you could imagine!

This plugin is compatible with CMake!

This plugin was inspired by grunt-subgrunt, which rocks the world by the way.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5 This plugin aims to run GNU Make commands for subprojects based on this tool so be sure to have GNU Make installed.

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-submake --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-submake');

The "submake" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named submake to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  submake: {
    your_target: {
      options: {
        // Target-specific options
      },
      projects: {
        // Paths to subprojects' Makefile
      }
    },
  },
});

Options

options.cmake

Type: Array

Determines if you want to run cmake before make to generate the Makefile. The array contains the list of arguments (including the working path directory !).

Usage Examples

grunt.initConfig({
  submake: {
    target1: {
      projects: {
        // For each of these projects, the specified make rules will be executed:
        'sub-projects/module': '',
        'sub-projects/module2': 'build'
      }
    },
    target2: {
      // Use an array to run multiple rules:
      'sub-projects/module': [ 'clean', 'test' ]
    },
    target3: {
      // you can add parameters by add an array depth
      'sub-projects/module': [ 'clean', [ 'build', '--dist="/usr/bin/"' ]]
    },
    target4: [
      // Using an array will just execute make for each one:
      'sub-projects/module',
      'sub-projects/module2'
    ],
    target5: {
      // you can run cmake (with arguments) before make:
      options: {
        cmake: ['.']
      },
      projects: [
        'sub-projects/module'
      ]
    }
    target6: {
      // no need for subprojects, you can handle interoperability
      // by running make at the project root (or anywhere else)
      '.': 'build'
    },
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Do not hesitate to open an issue to report a bug. Any ideas of improvement are also welcome as issue!

Release History

• ~0.2.0: CMake command can now be run with arguments
• ~0.1.0: Run make rules (with arguments or not) for specific paths; Can also run CMake beforehand to generate the Makefile