Shipp - Deadly simple package manager

Managing dependencies yourself in a C/C++ project can be a pain. Conan and vcpkg might be a solution, but as far as I know, those requires a registry.

I just want to point to a git repository and say "this is my dependency, build it".

This is how Shipp was born. If you want to read more about it, I wrote an article on my blog here.

Installation

$ cargo install --path .

Then make sure $HOME/.cargo/bin is in your $PATH.

Usage

Create a package by adding a shipp.json file at the root of your Git repository:

{
  "name": "mypackage",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "make all DESTDIR=$SHIPP_DIST_DIR",
    "install": "make install DESTDIR=$SHIPP_DIST_DIR"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    {
      "name": "libfoo",
      "url": "https://github.com/example/libfoo.git",
      "version": "0.1.0"
    }
  ]
}

Then run the following commands:

To fetch dependencies (git clone or git pull) in .shipp/deps/:

$ shipp deps.get

To build dependencies and install them in .shipp/dist/:

$ shipp deps.build

To build the current project and install it in .shipp/dist/:

$ shipp build

To create a tar.gz archive of the .shipp/dist/ folder:

$ shipp dist

License

This project is released under the terms of the MIT License.