PROGEN

NAME

progen - generate and manage project files for embedded development tools

SYNOPSIS

progen [GLOBAL_ARGUMENT] COMMAND [ARGUMENTS]

DESCRIPTION

progen allows you to define an embedded project in text (YAML) files and generate IDE-specific project files based on the rules defined in these records.

GLOBAL ARGUMENTS

progen supports the following global arguments for all commands listed below:

	-v		increase verbosity of output (repeat for even more verbose output)
	-q		decrease verbosity of output (repeat for even less verbose output)

COMMANDS

init

progen init -p PROJECT -tar TARGET_NAME [-dir SCAN_DIR] -o OUTPUT_DIR [-v | -q]

Add progen support to a project

If you want progen support for a project, this is the command to use. It scans the repository for files and creates 2 YAML files:

	1)		the main project file (projects.yaml), and
	2)		a project YAML file

In the project YAML file, there are all sources/includes and other project-related settings which progen finds in the repository. This creates a valid progen project file if a folder contains one valid project. In the case there are many, this command can serve at least as guidance - edit and move the YAML file accordingly to a folder structure to split projects.

Arguments

	-p		project name
	-tar		target name for the project
	-dir		directory to scan (default: none; scan all in directory progen was executed in)
	-o		directory for generated files
	-v		increase verbosity of output (repeat for even more verbose output)
	-q		decrease verbosity of output (repeat for even less verbose output)

generate

progen generate -f FILE [-p PROJECT] [-t TOOL] [-b] [-c] [-o OPTIONS] [-j JOBS] [-v | -q]

Export defined projects

Arguments
-f FILE

path to projects.yaml file

-p PROJECT

name of the project to generate. If not specified, all projects within projects in projects.yaml are exported

-t TOOL

tool name (uvision, iar, etc). If not specified, tools are checked in records (tool_supported).

	-b		build the exported project (note: not every tool supports building a project)
	-c		copy all files defined for a project to exported directory

-o OPTIONS

toolchain options

	-j		number of concurrent jobs to use for generating projects (default is 1; not supported by all tools)
	-v		increase verbosity of output (repeat for even more verbose output)
	-q		decrease verbosity of output (repeat for even less verbose output)

build

progen build -f FILE [-p PROJECT] [-t TOOL] [-c] [-k] [-o OPTIONS] [-x] [-j JOBS] [-v | -q]

Export a project, then build it. Note that not all tools support building.

Arguments
-f FILE

path to projects.yaml file

-p PROJECT

name of the project to build (if not specified, all projects within projects in projects.yaml are built)

-t TOOL

build project files for specified tool

	-c		copy sources (as it exports first, this is used for exporting prior to building)
	-k		clean project before building

-o OPTIONS

toolchain options

	-x		stop on first failure
	-j		number of concurrent build jobs (default is 1; not supported by all tools)

project

specify projects to be generated and built

	-v		increase verbosity of output (repeat for even more verbose output)
	-q		decrease verbosity of output (repeat for even less verbose output)

list

progen list targets [-v | -q]

progen list tools [-v | -q]

progen list -f FILE projects [-v | -q]

List targets, tools or projects

Arguments
targets

list all supported targets

tools

list all supported tools

projects

list all projects the repository supports (requires -f argument specified)

-f FILE

path to projects.yaml

	-v		increase verbosity of output (repeat for even more verbose output)
	-q		decrease verbosity of output (repeat for even less verbose output)

clean

progen clean -f FILE -p PROJECT [-t TOOL] [-v | -q]

Remove progen files/folders

This command removes progen-related files/folders. If progen generates data to various folders (for example, a per-project directory somewhere), this command will remove those folders.

Arguments
-f FILE

path to projects.yaml file

-p PROJECT

the project name which should be cleaned (removed)

-t TOOL

the tool name (if not specified, tools are taken from tools_supported)

project

specify projects to be cleaned (removed)

	-v		increase verbosity of output (repeat for even more verbose output)
	-q		decrease verbosity of output (repeat for even less verbose output)

TOOLS

progen supports generating projects for the following tools:

	•		uVision4 and uVision5
	•		IAR
	•		Makefile (GCC ARM)
	•		Makefile (ARMCC)
	•		Cmake (GCC ARM)
	•		CoIDE (GCC ARM)
	•		Eclipse (Makefile with GCC ARM)
	•		Sublime (Makefile with GCC ARM)
	•		Visual studio (Makefile with GCC ARM)

EXAMPLES

To generate a uvision project file for the k20d50m_blinky target:

progen generate -f projects.yaml -p k20d50m_blinky -t uvision

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2014-15 Martin Kojtal

AUTHOR

This manual page is based on the progen documentation. It was created by Nick Morrott <nickm@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but may be used by others.

SEE ALSO

valinor(1), progendef(1)

Getting Started Guide: https://github.com/project-generator/project_generator/wiki/Getting_started

Project Generator examples: https://github.com/project-generator/project_generator_mbed_examples