Backport c5d723af from src.git

This is a backport of
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/1109300 which was
landed in src.git/tools/gn after the fork to gn.googlesource.com.

Change-Id: I864e46ad85a9bf17ed52fa359ff38b6f4f2cae5c
Reviewed-on: https://gn-review.googlesource.com/1880
Reviewed-by: Dirk Pranke <dpranke@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Scott Graham <scottmg@chromium.org>
6 files changed
tree: 95c035903c45f6b1765c3f7348904bc1d3b73051
  1. base/
  2. build/
  3. infra/
  4. tools/
  5. util/
  6. .clang-format
  7. .editorconfig
  8. .gitignore
  9. .style.yapf
  10. AUTHORS
  11. LICENSE
  12. README.md
README.md

GN

GN is a meta-build system that generates build files for Ninja.

Getting started

git clone https://gn.googlesource.com/gn
cd gn
python build/gen.py
ninja -C out

On Windows, it is expected that cl.exe, link.exe, and lib.exe can be found in PATH, so you'll want to run from a Visual Studio command prompt, or similar.

On Linux and Mac, the default compiler is clang++, a recent version is expected to be found in PATH. This can be overridden by setting CC, CXX, and AR.

Sending patches

GN uses Gerrit for code review. The short version of how to patch is:

... edit code ...
ninja -C out && out/gn_unittests

Then, to upload a change for review:

git commit
git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master  # This uploads for review.

When revising a change, use:

git commit --amend
git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master

which will add the new changes to the existing code review, rather than creating a new one.

TODO: AUTHORS, CLA, etc.