Merge pull request #47 from starkos/vs-build-log

New API: buildlog()

CHANGES.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 See https://github.com/premake/premake-core/wiki/What's-New-in-5.0
 for the complete list of changes from the Premake 4.x series.
 
+Since 5.0-alpha2:
+
+* New API: buildlog()
+
 Since 5.0-alpha1:
 
 * Many new debugger APIs

src/_premake_init.lua

@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@
 	}
 
 
+	api.register {
+		name = "buildlog",
+		scope = { "config" },
+		kind = "path",
+		tokens = true,
+		pathVars = true,
+	}
+
+
 	api.register {
 		name = "buildmessage",
 		scope = { "config", "rule" },

src/actions/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
 				m.imageXex,
 				m.deploy,
 				m.ruleVars,
+				m.buildLog,
 			}
 		end
 	end
@@ -941,6 +942,16 @@
 	end
 
 
+	function m.buildLog(cfg)
+		if cfg.buildlog and #cfg.buildlog > 0 then
+			local relpath = project.getrelative(cfg.project, cfg.buildlog)
+			p.push('<BuildLog>')
+			p.x('<Path>%s</Path>', path.translate(relpath))
+			p.pop('</BuildLog>')
+		end
+	end
+
+
 	function m.characterSet(cfg)
 		if not vstudio.isMakefile(cfg) then
 			_p(2,'<CharacterSet>%s</CharacterSet>', iif(cfg.flags.Unicode, "Unicode", "MultiByte"))

tests/_tests.lua

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ return {
 	-- Visual Studio 2010-2013 C/C++ projects
 	"actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_assembly_refs.lua",
 	"actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_build_events.lua",
+	"actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_build_log.lua",
 	"actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_compile_settings.lua",
 	"actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_config_props.lua",
 	"actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_debug_settings.lua",

tests/actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_build_log.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+-- tests/actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_build_log.lua
+-- Validate build log settings in Visual Studio 2010 C/C++ projects.
+-- Copyright (c) 2015 Jason Perkins and the Premake project
+---
+
+	local suite = test.declare("vstudio_vs2010_build_log")
+	local vc2010 = premake.vstudio.vc2010
+
+
+--
+-- Setup
+--
+
+	local sln, prj
+
+	function suite.setup()
+		sln, prj = test.createsolution()
+	end
+
+	local function prepare(platform)
+		local cfg = test.getconfig(prj, "Debug", platform)
+		vc2010.buildLog(cfg)
+	end
+
+
+
+--
+-- Nothing should be written by default.
+--
+
+	function suite.isIgnoredByDefault()
+		prepare()
+		test.isemptycapture()
+	end
+
+
+--
+-- Write out relative path if provided.
+--
+
+	function suite.writesPathIfSet()
+		buildlog "logs/MyCustomLogFile.log"
+		prepare()
+ 		test.capture [[
+<BuildLog>
+	<Path>logs\MyCustomLogFile.log</Path>
+</BuildLog>
+		]]
+	end