muon - Man Page
a meson-compatible build system
Synopsis
muon [-vh] [-C <chdir>] <command> [<args>]
muon setup [-D[subproject:]option=value...] build
cd build
<invoke backend build tool>
muon test [options]
muon install [options]
Description
muon interprets source files written in the meson dsl and produces buildfiles for a backend. Currently the only supported backend is ninja.
When building meson projects with muon, you typically first start by running the setup command in the project root. This will create buildfiles for the backend in the build dir you specify. You then invoke the backend, e.g.
ninja -C <build dir>
If the project defines tests, you may run them with the test subcommand, and finally install the project with the install subcommand.
Options
- -v - enable verbose output
- -C <path> - chdir to path before executing a command
- -h - print a help message
Commands
muon requires a command.
All commands accept a -h option which prints a brief summary of their usage.
analyze
muon analyze
Run a static analyzer on the current project.
- -l - optimize output for editor linter plugins. For example, a diagnostic is added for the subdir() callsite, so that the editor can highlight subdirs with errors in them.
- -q - only report errors
- -O <path> - read project file with matching path from stdin. This is useful for editor linter plugins that run as you type on files that aren't saved to disk.
- -i <path> - analyze the single file path in internal mode. This is useful for catching bugs in scripts that will be evaluated with muon internal eval.
- -t - print a tree of all meson source files that are evaluated
- -d <var> - print the location of the definition of var
- -W [no-]<diagnostic> - enable or disable a particular diagnostic, e.g. unused-variable.
- -W list - list available diagnostics.
- -W error - turn all warnings into errors.
benchmark
See documentation for the test subcommand.
check
muon check [-p|-d] [-m<x|f>] <filename>
Check if filename parses.
- -p - print the parsed ast
- -d - print the dissasembly
- -m <mode> - set the compilation mode. `f` parses for formatting, `x` compiles for the extended language (e.g. user-defined functions)
fmt
muon fmt [-i] [-q] [-c <muon_fmt.ini>] <file>[ <file>[...]]
Format a source file.
- -q - exit with 1 if files would be modified by muon fmt
- -i - format files in-place
- -c <muon_fmt.ini> - read configuration from muon_fmt.ini
- -e - try to read configuration from .editorconfig. Only indentation related settings are recognized.
CONFIGURATION Options
| key | type | default | description | |||
| max_line_len | int | 80 | The maximum length of lines before they are split | |||
| indent_style | space|tab | space | Wether to use spaces or tabs for indentation | |||
| indent_size | int | 4 | For indent_style = space, the number of spaces to indent by per level | |||
| insert_final_newline | bool | true | Whether or not to insert a trailing newline at the end of the file | |||
| end_of_line | lf|crlf|cr | <unset> | The type of line ending to use. If this value is not set then the line ending of the first line in the source file will be used. | |||
| space_array | bool | false | Whether to include spaces around array elements (ex. [1] vs [ 1 ]) | |||
| kwargs_force_multiline | bool | false | Make every dictionary literal and function call with kwargs expand into multiple lines. | |||
| wide_colon | bool | false | Whether to put a space before the colon operator (ex. `key : val`) | |||
| no_single_comma_function | bool | false | Don't add a trailing comma to multi-line function calls with only one argument. | |||
| sort_files | bool | true | Whether to sort the arguments of files() | |||
| group_arg_value | bool | true | Whether to group strings in array literals such that command line arguments that take a value remain on the same line as the value. The heuristic used is that if a string starts with `-` and the next string does not, put both strings on the same line | |||
| simplify_string_literals | bool | false | Whether to automatically convert multiline string literals without newlines, as well as f-strings without formatting into single-quoted string literals. | |||
| indent_before_comments | str | ' ' | The indent to put before trailing comments | |||
| sticky_parens | bool | false | Controls whether parenthesis used for grouping are stuck to what they enclose or are exploded out to be on their own lines. | |||
| continuation_indent | bool | false | Controls whether a multiline conditional in an if statement gets an extra indent. |
install
muon install [-n]
Installs the project. The DESTDIR environment variable is respected and will prefix all installation directories if it is present.
- -n - dry run
- -d <destdir> - set destdir
internal
muon internal <command> [<args>]
Internal contains several subcommands used by muon internally. These commands are subject to change at any time and should not be relied upon.
SUBCOMMANDS:
- eval - evaluate a source file
- exe - execute a command
- repl - start a meson dsl repl
- dump_funcs - output all supported functions and arguments
internal eval
muon internal eval [-e] [-s] <filename> [<args>]
Evaluate a source file. The interpreter environment is substantially different from the typical environment during setup. Build related functions are unavailable, as well as many other functions including subdir. Additionally, the variable argv is defined as an array containing the commandline starting at <filename>.
- -e - lookup <filename> as an embedded script
- -s - disable functions that are unsafe to be called at random, particularly `run_command()`. The motivation for this flag is so that automated fuzz testing can be used without accidentally executing something like `run_command('rm', '-rf', '/')`.
internal exe
muon internal exe [-f <input file>] [-c <output file>] [-e <env.dat>] [-a <args.dat>] [-R <file>] [-- <cmd> [<args>]]
Execute <cmd> with arguments <args>.
- -f <input file> - pass input file as stdin to <cmd>
- -c <output file> - capture stdout of <cmd> and write it to output file
- -e <env.dat> - read and set environment variables from env.dat
- -a <args.dat> - read and set command from args.dat
- -R <file> - remove file if it exists before executing the command
internal repl
muon internal repl
Start a meson dsl repl. The functions available are limited as with internal eval.
internal dump_funcs
muon internal dump_funcs
Print all supported functions, methods, and module functions with their arguments, argument types, and return types to stdout. This subcommand is mainly useful for generating https://muon.build/status.html.
meson
[muon] meson ...
A compatibility layer that attempts to translate all flags and operands from meson cli syntax to muon cli syntax. For example, the following two commands:
muon meson setup build --werror --prefix=/ muon meson test -C build --list
Would be translated into the following two muon versions respectively:
muon setup -Dwerror=true -Dprefix=/ build muon -C build test -l
This compatibility layer is also enabled when muon's executable is named meson.
For a more detailed usage information you can use the following two commands:
muon meson -h muon meson <subcommand> -h
NOTE: This is a best-effort translation and does not guarantee or imply full cli compatibility. Many unimplemented flags are ignored and attempting to use an unsupported subcommands will result in an error.
options
muon options [-a] [-m]
Lists available project options and defaults. This command may either be run from the project root or from a build directory. Running this command from a build directory highlights configured option values in the output, whereas running it from the project root causes the default value for each option to be highlighted.
- -a - Include builtin global and per-project options in the output.
- -m - Only display option values that have been modified.
samu
muon samu [<args>]
Executes an embedded copy of samu(1). This command requires that muon was compiled with samu enabled.
setup
muon setup [-D[subproject:]option=value...] [-c <compiler check cache.dat>] [-b] <build dir>
Interpret all source files and generate buildfiles in build dir.
- -D [subproject:]option=value - Set build options. Options are either built in or project-defined. Subproject options can be specified by prepending the subproject's name and a colon to the option. This option may be specified multiple times.
- -c <path> - load compiler check cache dump from path. This is used internally when creating the regeneration command.
- -b - Break on error. When this option is passed, muon will enter a debugging repl when a fatal error is encountered. From there you can inspect and modify state, and optionally continue setup.
summary
muon summary
Print a previously configured project's summary.
test
muon test [-d <display mode>] [-o <output>] [-e <setup>] [-f] [-j <jobs>] [-l] [-R] [-s <suite>] [-S] [-v [-v]] [<test> [<test>[...]]
Execute tests defined in source files.
The default is to execute all tests, but you can also specify which tests to execute on the command line.
<test> should consist of an optional project name, followed by a colon and then a test name. Either may be omitted. For example,
"test name" and ":test name" will match all tests named 'test name' in any project.
"proj:test name" will match all tests named 'test name' in the project 'proj'.
"proj:" will match all tests in the project 'proj'.
Additionally, the test name may be a glob expression. For example,
"proj:long*" will match all tests with names starting with 'long' in the project 'proj'.
- -d <display mode> - Control test progress output. display mode can be one of auto, dots, or bar. dots prints a '.' for success and 'E' for error, bar prints a progress bar with an error count. The default mode, auto, selects bar if the output device is a terminal or dots otherwise.
- -o <output mode> - Control test results output. term prints failures and output to the terminal, html generates a single-page html report, and json outputs test information to a json file.
- -e <setup> - Use test setup setup.
- -f - Fail fast. exit after first test failure is encountered.
- -j - Set the number of jobs used when running tests.
- -l - List tests that would be run with the current setup, suites, etc. The format of the output is <project name>:<list of suites> - <test_name>.
- -R - No rebuild. Disable automatic build system invocation prior to running tests.
- -s <suite> - Only run tests in suite suite. This option may be specified multiple times.
- -S - print a summary of test results, including the duration of each test
- -v - Increase verbosity. When passed once, print test results as they are completed. When passed twice, the stdout/stderr of tests is not captured.
version
muon version
Print out version information as well as enabled features.
Extensions
muon provides some extra functions that may be called within source files. They are documented below.
- dbg() - Begin an interactive debugger.
- p(value) - Print any value's internal representation. For example, `p('hello')` prints `'hello'`.
See Also
meson.build(5) meson-reference(3) meson(1)
Authors
Maintained by Stone Tickle <lattis@mochiro.moe>, who is assisted by other open source contributors. For more information about muon development, see <https://sr.ht/~lattis/muon>.