Added external() to reference non-Premake generated project files

CHANGES.txt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Enabled per-configuration file lists
 * Enabled per-configuration toolset selection
 * Added custom build rules
+* Added external() to reference non-Premake generated projects
 * Added remove...() API to remove values from list fields
 * Folders containing single sub-folder now trimmed from top of source tree
 * Added debugformat with C7 support for Visual Studio

src/actions/vstudio/_vstudio.lua

@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@
 		end
 
 		local location = project.getlocation(prj)
-		local filename = path.join(location, prj.name) .. extension
-		return filename
+		local filename = path.join(location, project.getfilename(prj))
+		return filename .. extension
 	end
 
 

src/base/action.lua

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 					a.onsolution(sln)
 				end
 				for prj in premake.solution.eachproject_ng(sln) do
-					if a.onproject then
+					if a.onproject and not prj.external then
 						a.onproject(prj)
 					end
 				end
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 					a.onsolution(sln)
 				end
 				for prj in premake.solution.eachproject(sln) do
-					if a.onproject then
+					if a.onproject and not prj.external then
 						a.onproject(prj)
 					end
 				end

src/base/api.lua

@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
 	}
 
 	api.register {
-		name = "flags",		
+		name = "flags",
 		scope = "config",
 		kind  = "list",
 		allowed = {
@@ -1219,6 +1219,22 @@
 	end
 
 
+--
+-- Creates a reference to an external, non-Premake generated project.
+--
+
+	function external(name)
+		-- define it like a regular project
+		local prj = project(name)
+		
+		-- then mark it as external
+		prj.external = true;
+		prj.externalname = prj.name
+		
+		return prj
+	end
+
+
 --
 -- Define a new action.
 --

src/project/project.lua

@@ -285,6 +285,21 @@
 	end
 
 
+--
+-- Retrieve the project's file name.
+--
+-- @param prj
+--    The project object to query.
+-- @return
+--    The project's file name. This will usually match the project's
+--    name, or the external name for externally created projects.
+--
+
+	function project.getfilename(prj)
+		return prj.externalname or prj.name
+	end
+
+
 --
 -- Retrieve the project's file system location.
 --