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# Hot Reload
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A cross-platform, cross-compiler C/C++ library that patches a running
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process's own code in place, so a new build of a function takes effect
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immediately, without restarting -- see
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[`source/HotReload/README.md`](source/HotReload/README.md) for what it
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does, what it guarantees, and its honest limitations. This file covers
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the project around it: the CMake module system, its tooling, and how
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the examples and tests fit together.
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```sh
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scripts/setup.sh # optional, one-time -- see "Setup" below
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scripts/build.sh Release -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
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./out/build/bin/examples/hotreload_demo_host
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```
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## What's here
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| [`source/HotReload/`](source/HotReload/README.md) | The library itself: `hotreload_lib`, a `STATIC` library with a plain C API (`hot_reload.h`) over a C++ implementation |
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| [`source/examples/HotReloadDemo/`](source/examples/HotReloadDemo) | A scripted, deterministic demo: a host + two builds of one plugin, exercising every guarantee the library makes |
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| [`source/examples/HotReloadLiveDemo/`](source/examples/HotReloadLiveDemo/README.md) | An interactive demo: a host that stays running, and one plugin file you edit and rebuild yourself |
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| [`source/tests/HotReloadTests/`](source/tests/HotReloadTests) | An automated `ctest` suite covering the library end to end, including a regression test for a real bug found while building this |
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The rest of this file is about the project *around* that: a per-module
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CMake setup adapted from a generic template (each module owns a tiny,
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self-contained `CMakeLists.txt`; the root `CMakeLists.txt` discovers
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them automatically), `scripts/` for the everyday commands, and the
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code-style tooling. None of it is specific to hot-reloading -- if
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you're only here for the library, `source/HotReload/README.md` is the
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one to read.
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## Layout
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```
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CMakeLists.txt project setup, options, install(), discovery -- edit by hand
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Configuration.cmake all output-path configuration -- edit to relocate anything
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cmake/BuildHelpers.cmake module macros + discovery mechanism -- edit rarely
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cmake/Dependencies.cmake vendoring / installed-library / FetchContent helpers -- edit rarely
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cmake/Documentation.cmake per-module Doxygen integration -- only ever LOOKS for a pinned Doxygen
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cmake/DoxygenPin.cmake shared version/URL/hash parameters for the pinned Doxygen
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cmake/FetchDoxygen.cmake standalone downloader (run via `cmake -P`, not during normal configure)
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cmake/NinjaPin.cmake shared version/URL/hash parameters for the pinned Ninja
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cmake/FetchNinja.cmake standalone downloader (run via `cmake -P`, not during normal configure)
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cmake/HotReload.cmake hot_reload_enable_patchable_functions() / hot_reload_restrict_exports()
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source/HotReload/ the library -- library module "hotreload_lib" (STATIC)
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source/examples/HotReloadDemo/ worked example: a host + two builds of one hot-reloadable plugin
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source/examples/HotReloadLiveDemo/ interactive: a persistent host + one plugin file you edit yourself
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source/tests/HotReloadTests/ the automated test suite
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source/tests/UndefinedSymbolFixture/ a fixture the test suite loads, deliberately broken -- see its own comment
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scripts/setup.sh, setup.bat one-time: fetch pinned Ninja + Doxygen, check tooling, activate git hook
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scripts/build.sh, build.bat configure + build -- prefers a pinned Ninja, falls back gracefully
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scripts/run.sh, run.bat run a module by its CMake target name
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scripts/install.sh, install.bat install this project's own artifacts only
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scripts/docs.sh, docs.bat build documentation for every module (or one) -- needs setup.sh first
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scripts/refactor.sh, refactor.bat auto-fix formatting/naming across this project's own code
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.clang-format, .clang-tidy C++ style guide tooling (see "Code style & tooling" below)
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.editorconfig, .gitattributes -- same
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.gitignore Visual Studio template + a block auto-synced from Configuration.cmake
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c-api/.clang-tidy naming override template for a C API subtree -- applied for real at
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source/HotReload/src/c-api/ and source/HotReload/include/hot_reload/
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.githooks/pre-commit formatting/lint pre-commit hook
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cpp-style-guide.md, TOOLING.md the style guide itself + tooling docs
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```
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Everything generated -- the build tree, install output, docs, and reserved
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packaging output -- lives under one `out/` directory (see "Output paths"
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below); nothing under `out/` is source-controlled.
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Each module's `CMakeLists.txt` is (conventionally) one line:
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```cmake
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# source/HotReload/CMakeLists.txt
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add_lib_module(hotreload_lib TYPE STATIC OUTPUT_NAME "hotreload")
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```
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A module declares its own dependencies in its own `CMakeLists.txt` --
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same "minimal tool intervention" principle as module registration:
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nothing to add in the root file. This project's own modules don't
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currently need any third-party dependency, so the table in "Three ways
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to bring in a dependency" below is showing you machinery this project
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isn't using itself right now -- it's still there, exercised, and ready
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if you add a module that needs it.
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## Output paths (`Configuration.cmake`)
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Every generated path is a cache variable, overridable with `-D<NAME>=...`
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at configure time instead of editing any file:
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| Variable | Default | What it controls |
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| `OUT_DIR` | `out/` | Root of everything generated; override this to relocate all of the below at once |
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| `INSTALL_OUTPUT_DIR` | `out/install` | Root of the `cmake --install` tree, one subdirectory per `DIST_TARGET` |
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| `DIST_OUTPUT_DIR` | `out/dist` | Reserved for packaged/archived output (e.g. a future CPack integration) -- not populated by this project yet, but created and ready |
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| `DOCS_OUTPUT_DIR` | `out/docs` | Root of generated Doxygen documentation, one subdirectory per module |
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| `TOOLCACHE_DIR` | `.cache/tools` | Where downloaded, pinned build tools (currently Ninja and Doxygen) are cached -- kept outside `OUT_DIR` so `rm -rf out/` doesn't force a re-download |
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| `COMPILE_COMMANDS_DESTINATION` | `compile_commands.json` | Where `compile_commands.json` is copied to after every build (see "compile_commands.json / clang tooling" below) |
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| `RUNTIME_OUTPUT_SUBDIR` | `bin` | Subdirectory (inside whatever the build dir is) for executables/`.dll`/`.so` |
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| `LIBRARY_OUTPUT_SUBDIR` | `bin` | Subdirectory for shared-library artifacts (kept alongside executables so `$ORIGIN` RPATH resolves them) |
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| `ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_SUBDIR` | `lib` | Subdirectory for static/import-library artifacts |
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The build directory itself (`CMAKE_BINARY_DIR`, where `CMakeCache.txt`
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lives) isn't a `Configuration.cmake` variable -- it's fixed by whatever you
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pass to `-B` when configuring. `scripts/build.sh`/`build.bat` default to
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`out/build`, so the resulting layout is:
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```
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out/
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build/ CMAKE_BINARY_DIR -- out/build/bin, out/build/lib during normal builds
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install/<DIST_TARGET>/{bin,lib} what `cmake --install` / scripts/install.sh populates
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dist/ reserved for future packaging output
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docs/<module>/html/, docs/index.html generated documentation
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```
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Example -- build into a different location entirely:
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```bash
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cmake -G Ninja -S . -B /tmp/my-build -DOUT_DIR=/tmp/my-out
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cmake --build /tmp/my-build
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```
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### `.gitignore` stays in sync automatically
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`Configuration.cmake` is the single source of truth for every path above
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-- `.gitignore` doesn't hardcode its own copy of them. Every configure,
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a marked block near the bottom of `.gitignore` is regenerated from the
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*current* value of each path variable:
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```
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# >>> Configuration.cmake generated paths -- BEGIN (do not edit by hand; edit Configuration.cmake and reconfigure) >>>
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.cache/tools/
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compile_commands.json
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out/
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out/dist/
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out/docs/
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out/install/
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# <<< Configuration.cmake generated paths -- END <<<
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```
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Change `OUT_DIR` (or any of the others, permanently in `Configuration.cmake`
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or per-configure with `-D...=...`) and this block updates to match on the
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next configure -- nothing to keep in sync by hand. Everything outside the
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block is untouched: `.gitignore` ships based on GitHub's
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[`VisualStudio.gitignore`](https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/VisualStudio.gitignore)
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template, and that content is never rewritten. A path is only added if it
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resolves *inside* the repo -- pointing `TOOLCACHE_DIR` somewhere else
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entirely just omits it, since `.gitignore` has nothing useful to say about
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a location outside the repository it lives in. The file is only rewritten
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when the computed block actually differs from what's already there, so a
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normal reconfigure doesn't spuriously touch its contents or mtime.
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## Three ways to bring in a dependency (`cmake/Dependencies.cmake`)
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Not currently used by any module in this project (`hotreload_lib` and
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everything under `source/examples/`/`source/tests/` are entirely
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self-contained -- no network access is needed to build any of it), but
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fully exercised machinery, ready for a module that does need one:
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| Helper | For | Usage |
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| `add_vendor_header_only(NAME [INCLUDE_DIR <dir>])` | A buildless header-only drop under `vendor/<NAME>/include` | `add_vendor_header_only(some_header_lib)` |
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| `add_vendor_subdirectory(SUBDIR)` | A vendored dependency with its own `CMakeLists.txt`, under `vendor/<SUBDIR>` | `add_vendor_subdirectory(some_vendored_lib)` |
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| `add_dependency(NAME <FetchContent_Declare args>)` | An installed package (`FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS ...`) with a fetch-from-source fallback | `add_dependency(fmt GIT_REPOSITORY ... FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS NAMES fmt)` |
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All three are safe to call more than once for the same name (e.g. two
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modules that need the same dependency) and mark the dependency's headers
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`SYSTEM`, so `-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic`/`/W4` -- which we only ever apply
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per-target inside our own module macros, never globally -- doesn't fire on
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code you don't control. Their targets are also dropped from
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`compile_commands.json` (see below).
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`add_dependency` is CMake's native find-then-fetch integration: it tries
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`find_package()` first (an already-installed apt/vcpkg/conan copy) via
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`FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS`, and only downloads + builds from source if nothing is
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found. Omit `FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS` to always fetch. Requires network access
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the first time a dependency isn't already installed.
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A module `DEPENDS` on whatever target the chosen path defines exactly
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like depending on another module -- `add_lib_module`/`add_exe_module`
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don't need to know or care which of the three supplied it.
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## Documentation (automatic per module, pinned Doxygen, entirely opt-in)
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Every module registered via `add_lib_module`/`add_exe_module`/
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`add_test_module`/`add_example_module` gets its own
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[Doxygen](https://www.doxygen.nl/) documentation target for free -- nothing
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to add to a module's own `CMakeLists.txt`. This project uses a pinned
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Doxygen (currently **1.16.1**, see `DOXYGEN_PINNED_VERSION` in
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`cmake/DoxygenPin.cmake`) -- it deliberately never looks for or uses a
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system-installed `doxygen`, so every machine building this project
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generates identical output regardless of what (if anything) is on `PATH`.
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**Building the project never needs Doxygen.** `cmake/Documentation.cmake`
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only ever *looks* for an already-fetched pinned Doxygen under
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`.cache/tools/` (`TOOLCACHE_DIR`) -- it never downloads anything itself
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during a normal configure, so `scripts/build.sh` has no Doxygen/network
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dependency at all. Fetching it is a separate, explicit, one-time step:
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```bash
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scripts/setup.sh # see "Setup" below -- fetches the pinned Doxygen once
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```
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Until you've run that, `scripts/docs.sh` prints a clear message instead of
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building anything -- everything else (the actual C++ project) builds
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completely normally either way:
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```
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Documentation isn't set up yet (or ENABLE_DOXYGEN=OFF). Run scripts/setup.sh (or setup.bat) once to fetch the pinned Doxygen, then reconfigure.
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```
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Once set up:
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```bash
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scripts/docs.sh # build docs for every module, prints where to open it
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scripts/docs.sh hotreload_lib # build docs for just one module (docs_<target>)
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```
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```bat
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scripts\docs.bat
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scripts\docs.bat hotreload_lib
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```
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Output goes to `out/docs/<module>/html/index.html` (a sibling of
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`out/build/`, not nested inside it -- see "Output paths" above), plus a
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landing page at `out/docs/index.html` linking to every module.
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Documentation is **not** built as part of a normal `scripts/build.sh` --
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it's opt-in, the same way tests and examples are.
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**Writing docs for a module** is just normal Doxygen comments in that
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module's headers -- e.g. `source/HotReload/include/hot_reload/hot_reload.h`,
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which is already written this way throughout.
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Even with zero comments, a module's docs are still generated and useful --
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file lists, function/class signatures, and (if [Graphviz](https://graphviz.org/)
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is installed on your system -- this one enhancement, unlike Doxygen
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itself, is still detected rather than pinned, since it's optional) call
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graphs are produced regardless, since `DOXYGEN_EXTRACT_ALL` is on by
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default. Comments just make it richer. Drop a `README.md` in a module's
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own directory and it's automatically used as that module's Doxygen main
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page -- `source/HotReload/README.md` already does this.
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**Configuring it** -- nothing is required, but everything is overridable:
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```bash
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# Disable entirely (docs targets print a message instead of building):
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cmake -S . -B out/build -DENABLE_DOXYGEN=OFF
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# Pin a different Doxygen version (also update the two SHA256 hashes in
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# cmake/DoxygenPin.cmake to match that release's assets -- a stale hash
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# fails scripts/setup.sh loudly, on purpose, rather than silently
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# accepting an unexpected file -- then re-run scripts/setup.sh):
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cmake -S . -B out/build -DDOXYGEN_PINNED_VERSION=1.17.0
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# Any Doxyfile tag can be set as a CMake variable, e.g. stricter output:
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cmake -S . -B out/build -DDOXYGEN_WARN_IF_UNDOCUMENTED=YES -DDOXYGEN_QUIET=NO
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```
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A single module can opt out with `NO_DOCS`:
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```cmake
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# some/internal/module/CMakeLists.txt
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add_lib_module(internal_only TYPE STATIC NO_DOCS)
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```
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Vendored and fetched dependencies (`cmake/Dependencies.cmake`) are never
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auto-documented -- same reasoning as their `compile_commands.json`
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exclusion, it isn't your code.
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## compile_commands.json / clang tooling
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`CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS` is on by default, and every build copies
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`compile_commands.json` from the build directory to the project root so
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clangd/clang-tidy/IWYU find it without extra configuration (CMake only
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ever writes it into the build directory; most editors look for it at the
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repo root). Vendored and fetched dependencies are excluded from it, so it
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only reflects code this project actually owns. The project also builds
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cleanly with clang directly:
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```bash
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cmake -G Ninja -S . -B out/build -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DDIST_TARGET=linux-x64-clang
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cmake --build out/build
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```
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Verified, not assumed, throughout this project's own development: every
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module here (the library, both example demos, and the test suite) was
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built and its tests/demos run to completion under both GCC and Clang.
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## Code style & tooling
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This project follows [`cpp-style-guide.md`](cpp-style-guide.md) (tabs,
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Allman braces, `PascalCase` file names, `camelCase` functions/variables,
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`m_`/`s_`/`g_` member/static/global prefixes, plus a distinct Part II
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style -- `snake_case`, library-prefixed names -- for any C API boundary;
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see the file itself for the full rules and rationale), enforced by the
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tooling described in [`TOOLING.md`](TOOLING.md):
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| `.clang-format` | All formatting: tabs, Allman braces, pointer alignment, include order, line length |
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| `.clang-tidy` | Naming conventions and a subset of language-feature rules, for this project's own C++ code |
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| `c-api/.clang-tidy` | A naming override (`snake_case`) for a C API subtree -- see below for where this is actually applied |
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| `.editorconfig` | Baseline tabs/whitespace for editors that don't run clang-format live |
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| `.gitattributes` | Forces LF line endings for source files on every OS |
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| `.githooks/pre-commit` | Runs clang-format + clang-tidy on staged files before each commit; warns and skips (never blocks) if a tool isn't installed |
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**Fixing violations automatically**, instead of hunting them down by hand:
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```bash
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scripts/refactor.sh # every file under source/ and c-api/ by default
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scripts/refactor.sh source/HotReload # just one file or directory
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```
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```bat
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scripts\refactor.bat
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scripts\refactor.bat source\HotReload
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```
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Runs `clang-format -i` (always) and `clang-tidy --fix` (if
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`compile_commands.json` exists -- build once first if it doesn't) across
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the given scope. The pre-commit hook only *checks*; this is the "just fix
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it" counterpart -- review the result with `git diff` afterward, same as
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any auto-formatter.
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**Be especially careful reviewing `git diff` on a file with more than one
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architecture/OS branch** (`#if defined(__x86_64__) ... #elif ... #endif`,
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several of which exist under `source/HotReload/src/` -- see
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`Architecture.cpp`, `ModuleHandle.cpp`, `MemoryProtection.cpp`,
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`SymbolTable.cpp`). `clang-tidy` only ever analyzes the ONE branch active
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for whichever platform you're running it on -- it cannot see, and will
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not touch, the source text inside the other, inactive `#elif` branches at
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all. Verified directly while building this project: running `--fix` on
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`Architecture.cpp` from this x86-64 Linux machine renamed a local
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constant inside the x86-64 branch only, then updated a later line shared
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by *all three* architecture branches to match the new name -- silently
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breaking the build for the other two architectures, which still declared
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the old name. Caught only by reviewing the diff and separately
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cross-compiling every branch, which is exactly the review step this
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paragraph is asking you to actually do on a file shaped like this, not
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skip.
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With no argument, only `source/` and `c-api/` are ever scanned -- `out/`,
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`.cache/`, and `.git/` are never walked, so this can't accidentally spend
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minutes reformatting/analyzing a fetched dependency's entire source tree
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(this project doesn't currently have one under `out/build/_deps/`, but the
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exclusion is unconditional, not conditional on one existing). Passing an
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explicit scope takes it as given: `refactor.sh` still excludes
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`out`/`.cache`/`.git` defensively if your scope happens to overlap with
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them; `refactor.bat` does not (its Windows batch equivalent of that filter
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turned out to be unreliable to verify, so it was removed rather than
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shipped uncertain -- pick a scope that doesn't overlap with those
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directories, which is the normal case anyway, e.g. `source\HotReload`).
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**One-time setup per clone** to activate the hook -- `scripts/setup.sh` /
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`setup.bat` does this for you (see "Setup" below) along with fetching the
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pinned Doxygen and checking for clang-format/clang-tidy; the two commands
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it runs for the hook specifically are:
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```bash
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chmod +x .githooks/pre-commit
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git config core.hooksPath .githooks
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```
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**clang-tidy needs `compile_commands.json`** to resolve `#include`s --
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this project already generates and copies it to the repo root on every
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build (see above), so as long as you've built at least once, the hook's
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clang-tidy check works with no extra setup.
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**This project genuinely has a C API subtree**, unlike the generic
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template this was adapted from: `source/HotReload/include/hot_reload/`
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(the public header) and `source/HotReload/src/c-api/` (its `extern "C"`
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implementation) each carry a copy of `c-api/.clang-tidy`, positioned at
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the root of the subtree they apply to -- `clang-tidy` always uses the
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closest `.clang-tidy` file up the directory tree, so files under either
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directory pick up `snake_case` naming instead of the rest of this
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project's `PascalCase`/`camelCase`, while `source/HotReload/src/`'s own
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Part I (C++) files, one level up, keep inheriting this repo-root
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`.clang-tidy`'s rules exactly as normal. See either copy's own header
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comment for the full explanation of how clang-tidy's directory-scoped
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config resolution makes that work.
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## How module discovery works
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The root `CMakeLists.txt` calls `_discover_module_subdirectories()` on
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three roots, in this order:
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| Root | What it holds |
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|---|---|
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| `source/*` | library AND app/executable modules, side by side |
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| `source/tests/*` | test modules |
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| `source/examples/*` | example modules |
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(`source/tests` and `source/examples` aren't picked up by the first call
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-- they have no `CMakeLists.txt` directly inside them, only their own
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children do.)
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Any immediate child directory that contains its own `CMakeLists.txt` gets
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`add_subdirectory()`'d automatically (`vendor/` is not one of these roots
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-- vendored dependencies are opted into explicitly by the modules that
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need them, not auto-built by default). This uses `CONFIGURE_DEPENDS`, so
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the *next build* reconfigures on its own after you add or remove a module
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directory -- no manual `cmake` re-run needed. A module may `DEPENDS` on a
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module discovered later in this list, or reference one via
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`add_dependencies()`/a generator expression before that other module's
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own `CMakeLists.txt` has even run -- order doesn't affect linking or
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target existence (CMake resolves target names, and dependency edges to
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not-yet-declared targets, across the whole project at generate time --
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verified directly with an isolated, minimal reproduction while building
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this project, not assumed).
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A module directory can itself contain more than one CMake target when its
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shape doesn't fit the "one target per module" default -- see
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`source/examples/HotReloadDemo/PluginV1/CMakeLists.txt`'s own comment for
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a real example (a hot-reloadable plugin needs to exist as two separate
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builds of the same exported names, which `add_lib_module` doesn't assume)
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and `source/examples/HotReloadDemo/CMakeLists.txt` for the small grouping
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file that pattern needs, one level up, purely so discovery (which only
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looks one level deep into `source/examples/`) finds it at all.
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## Requirements
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CMake >= 3.25, a C++20 compiler (GCC/Clang/MSVC). **No network access is
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needed to build this project** -- every module here is self-contained,
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with no `add_dependency()`-fetched third-party library anywhere (see
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"Three ways to bring in a dependency" above). Ninja and Doxygen are both
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pinned and fetched automatically (see "Setup" below) if you want them,
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not system dependencies, and `scripts/build.sh` warns rather than fails
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if Ninja isn't available at all (see "Build" below).
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[Graphviz](https://graphviz.org/) is optional for Doxygen call graphs, and
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[clang-format](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html)/
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[clang-tidy](https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/) are optional for
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the pre-commit hook and `scripts/refactor.sh` (see "Code style & tooling"
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above) -- both are detected, not pinned, since they're editor/workflow
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tools rather than part of the build itself. `scripts/setup.sh` (below)
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checks for both and prints install guidance if either is missing.
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To actually try hot-reloading something (rather than just build the
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library), you'll also want a way to rebuild one file while another
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process keeps running -- covered in
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[`source/examples/HotReloadLiveDemo/README.md`](source/examples/HotReloadLiveDemo/README.md).
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## Setup
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Optional, and separate from building (see "Requirements", "Build", and
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"Documentation" above) -- run once per clone, or any time you want to
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pick up a newer pinned version after bumping `NINJA_PINNED_VERSION` or
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`DOXYGEN_PINNED_VERSION`:
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```bash
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scripts/setup.sh
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```
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```bat
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scripts\setup.bat
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```
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Does four things, each independent of the others:
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1. Fetches the pinned Ninja (`cmake/FetchNinja.cmake`) -- used by
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`scripts/build.sh`/`build.bat` if present (see "Build" below); not
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required, a system Ninja works fine too.
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2. Fetches the pinned Doxygen (`cmake/FetchDoxygen.cmake`) -- needed for
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`scripts/docs.sh`, not for building the project.
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3. Checks for `clang-format`/`clang-tidy` on `PATH` and prints
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OS-appropriate install guidance if either is missing (never
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auto-installs -- that would need assumptions about your package
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manager and elevated privileges this script shouldn't assume it has).
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4. Activates the pre-commit hook for this clone, if it's a git repository
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(`git config core.hooksPath .githooks`).
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Safe to re-run any time -- each step is a no-op if there's nothing to do
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(e.g. the pinned Ninja/Doxygen are already cached).
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## Build
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```bash
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scripts/build.sh # Release (default), library + tests only if BUILD_TESTS was set before
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scripts/build.sh Release -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON # + the automated tests + both demos
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```
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```bat
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scripts\build.bat
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scripts\build.bat Release -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
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```
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`BUILD_TESTS` and `BUILD_EXAMPLES` both default to `OFF` (see
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`CMakeLists.txt`) -- plain `scripts/build.sh` with no extra arguments
|
|
builds only `hotreload_lib` itself. Anything after the build type is
|
|
passed straight through to `cmake`'s configure step (tested directly:
|
|
`scripts/build.sh Debug -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON` builds the
|
|
library, both demos, and the test suite together), and CMake caches `-D`
|
|
options across reconfigures, so passing them once and calling
|
|
`scripts/build.sh` plain afterward for incremental builds keeps them set
|
|
-- no need to repeat them on every call.
|
|
|
|
Picks a generator in this order, each falling back to the next:
|
|
|
|
1. **A pinned Ninja**, if `scripts/setup.sh`/`setup.bat` has fetched one --
|
|
passed to CMake explicitly via `-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=...` so it's used
|
|
even if a different Ninja also happens to be on `PATH` (same "always
|
|
the pinned copy" preference as Doxygen -- see "Documentation" above).
|
|
2. **A system Ninja**, if one is on `PATH` and no pinned copy was found.
|
|
3. **CMake's own default generator** for the platform, if neither Ninja is
|
|
available anywhere -- `scripts/build.sh`/`build.bat` print a warning
|
|
and continue rather than fail. (`CMakeLists.txt` separately warns too,
|
|
once CMake reports which generator it actually picked -- this is the
|
|
pre-existing "This project targets Ninja" message, unrelated to this
|
|
script.)
|
|
|
|
Verified concretely, not assumed: with neither a pinned nor a system Ninja
|
|
present anywhere, `scripts/build.sh` still successfully configures, builds,
|
|
and produces working binaries -- it just uses whatever CMake's default
|
|
generator is for the platform (Unix Makefiles on Linux, typically NMake or
|
|
a Visual Studio generator on Windows) instead.
|
|
|
|
## Run
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
scripts/run.sh hotreload_demo_host
|
|
scripts/run.sh hotreload_live_demo_host
|
|
scripts/run.sh # no args: lists available targets
|
|
```
|
|
```bat
|
|
scripts\run.bat hotreload_demo_host
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|
scripts\run.bat hotreload_live_demo_host
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
`run.sh`/`run.bat` resolve the CMake **target id** (not the binary's
|
|
`OUTPUT_NAME`) to the actual binary via a manifest CMake generates at
|
|
configure time, so these scripts never need editing when a module is
|
|
added, removed, or renamed. Requires `-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON` to have been
|
|
set at configure time for either of the two hot-reload targets above,
|
|
since they live under `source/examples/`.
|
|
|
|
## Install
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
scripts/install.sh
|
|
```
|
|
```bat
|
|
scripts\install.bat
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Always use the install script (or pass `--component hotreload` yourself if
|
|
calling `cmake --install` directly). A vendored/fetched dependency's own
|
|
`CMakeLists.txt` usually has `install()` rules of its own with no
|
|
component tag; installing without `--component` would also run those,
|
|
typically dumping files under `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` (e.g. `/usr/local`).
|
|
Tagging this project's own `install(TARGETS ...)` calls with `COMPONENT
|
|
hotreload` and always filtering on it is what keeps `cmake --install`
|
|
scoped to just this project's own artifacts -- currently just
|
|
`hotreload_lib` itself, since examples and tests are opt-in, dev-time
|
|
targets rather than something you'd install.
|
|
|
|
## Adding a module
|
|
|
|
1. Create a directory under the right root (see the discovery table above).
|
|
2. Add a `CMakeLists.txt` inside it with one `add_lib_module` /
|
|
`add_exe_module` / `add_test_module` / `add_example_module` call, plus
|
|
any `add_vendor_*`/`add_dependency` calls it needs.
|
|
3. Add your `.cpp`/`.h` files inside that same directory.
|
|
4. Rebuild (`scripts/build.sh`) -- no other file needs touching.
|
|
|
|
```cmake
|
|
# source/MyTool/CMakeLists.txt
|
|
add_exe_module(my_tool_exe OUTPUT_NAME "my-tool" DEPENDS hotreload_lib)
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
`scripts/run.sh my_tool_exe` picks it up automatically once it's built,
|
|
and `scripts/docs.sh my_tool_exe` documents it automatically too -- both
|
|
with zero edits anywhere outside `source/MyTool/`.
|