std.Build.Step.Run: Enable passing (generated) file content as args #25228
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Nice work. Ready to merge aside from some minor requests.
Adds `addFileContentArg` and `addPrefixedFileContentArg` to pass the content of a file with a lazy path as an argument to a `std.Build.Step.Run`. This enables replicating shell `$()` / cmake `execute_process` with `OUTPUT_VARIABLE` as an input to another `execute_process` in conjuction with `captureStdOut`/`captureStdErr`. To also be able to replicate `$()` automatically trimming trailing newlines and cmake `OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE`, this patch adds an `options` arg to those functions which allows specifying the desired handling of surrounding whitespace. The `options` arg also allows to specify a custom `basename` for the output. e.g. to add a file extension (concrete use case: Zig `@import()` requires files to have a `.zig`/`.zon` extension to recognize them as valid source files).
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Adds
addFileContentArgandaddPrefixedFileContentArgto pass the contentof a file with a lazy path as an argument to a
std.Build.Step.Run.This enables replicating shell
$()/ cmakeexecute_processwithOUTPUT_VARIABLEas an input to another
execute_processin conjuction withcaptureStdOut/captureStdErr.To also be able to replicate
$()automatically trimming trailing newlines and cmakeOUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE, this patch also adds anoptionsarg to thosefunctions which allows specifying the desired handling of surrounding whitespace.
The
optionsarg also allows to specify a custombasenamefor the output. e.g.to add a file extension (concrete use case: Zig
@import()requires files to have a.zig/.zonextension to recognize them as valid source files).I've tested this patch on a private project and it worked just fine, however if I should write some kind of test case I'll be happy to do so. I just wasn't sure what such a test case should look like, so any advice on that would be appreciated.