Premake is a

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for generating build configuration files for platform specific build tools based on configuration files that are platform agnostic. The tool is

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Features

Notable features include: * Supports building a codebase written in C,

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, and C# * Support for generating build configuration files for

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* Can build on different environments using the same premake configuration files

Examples

The following is an example premake configuration file. solution "MySolution" configurations project "MyProject" kind "ConsoleApp" language "C++" includedirs files configuration "Debug" symbols "On" defines configuration "Release" flags defines

Notable uses

Projects that use Premake include: 0 A.D.,

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References

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* Build automation Compiling tools Free software programmed in C Lua (programming language)-scriptable software Software using the BSD license Unix package management-related software {{Install-software-stub