cookiecutter-cpp-project

This cookiecutter template create a CPP project (compatible with C) that support several modules (or libraries) and examples

Note: This is the template README, this will not appear in the final project.

Install

Install the latest Cookiecutter if you haven't installed it yet (this requires Cookiecutter 1.4.0 or higher):

pip install -U cookiecutter

Usage

Project generation

Go to path where you want to generate a project and execute:

cookiecutter $(path_to_basic_folder)

• Note: It is possible to avoid set up input, using default values with --no-input option.
• Note II: It is possible to provide variables though command using $(key)=$(value) syntax with the command.
• Note III: It is possible to use a yaml with a configuration using option --config-file $(config_file).yaml

Example using config file by default:

cookiecutter $(path_to_basic_folder) --config-file $(config_file).yaml --no-input

Example using from Github:

cookiecutter https://github.com/Catacrockers/cookiecutter-cpp-project.git

Adding modules and binaries

Use the module variable to generate libraries automatically. Exist 3 ways to do this:

By terminal

Provide by terminal in module option an JSON object with names field containing a list of strings.

The pattern example is:

modules [default]: { "names" : [ "module1", "module2" ] }
samples [default]: { "names" : [ "sample1", "sample2" ] }

By configuration

Use the YAML. TODO I couldnt to provide a valid data to do this.

Manually

Use variable extra_content to achieve it.

• Using python: cookiecutter(url, no_input=True, output_dir=path, extra_context={'project_name': name})
• Using executable: cookiecutter(url, no_input=True, output_dir=path, extra_context={'project_name': name}) -o "test_output"

Setting the option without input

TODO

More ideas TODO

• Update README
• Support more options:
  • list of find packages
  • list of includes
  • list of libraries for a module