Automatically generate a c++ program that uses autotools

projen++

#!/bin/bash

# Read in user options
read -p "What is the name of your project? " projName
read -p "Bug reporting email/url? " bugAddress
read -p "Boost Unit Tests? yN " boostUnitTests
version=0.1.0
bUT=false;

if [ "$boostUnitTests" = "Y" ] || [ "$boostUnitTests" = "y" ]; then
    bUT=true;
fi

eval mkdir -p $projName/src
if [ "$bUT" = true ]; then
    mkdir -p $projName/test
fi
echo "#include <iostream>" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
echo "" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
echo "using namespace std;" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
if [ "$bUT" = true ]; then
    echo "" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
    echo "int testfunc(int a, int b)" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
    echo "{" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
    echo "    return a + b;" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
    echo "}" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
    echo "" >> $projName/src/main.cpp

    echo "#ifndef MAIN_H" >> $projName/src/main.hpp
    echo "#define MAIN_H" >> $projName/src/main.hpp
    echo "" >> $projName/src/main.hpp
    echo "int testfunc(int a, int b);" >> $projName/src/main.hpp
    echo "" >> $projName/src/main.hpp
    echo "#endif" >> $projName/src/main.hpp
    echo "" >> $projName/src/main.hpp

    printf "#define BOOST_AUTO_TEST_MAIN\n#define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK\n#include <boost/test/auto_unit_test.hpp>" >> $projName/test/runner.cpp
    printf "#define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK\n#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>\n#include <main.hpp>\n\nBOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(test_main)\n\n" >> $projName/test/main_tests.cpp
    printf "BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_testfunc)\n{\n    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(1,1);\n}\n\nBOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()" >> $projName/test/main_tests.cpp
fi
echo "int main (void)" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
echo "{" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
echo '  cout << "Hello World!\n";' >> $projName/src/main.cpp
echo "  return 0;" >> $projName/src/main.cpp
echo "}" >> $projName/src/main.cpp

echo "see README.md" >> $projName/README
echo "# $projName" >> $projName/README.md
echo "" >> $projName/README.md
echo "## Installation" >> $projName/README.md
echo "\`\`\`" >> $projName/README.md
echo "$ ./autogen.sh" >> $projName/README.md
echo "$ ./configure" >> $projName/README.md
echo "$ make" >> $projName/README.md
echo "$ sudo make install" >> $projName/README.md
if [ "$bUT" = true ]; then
    echo "$ make check" >> $projName/README.md
fi
echo "\`\`\`" >> $projName/README.md
touch $projName/NEWS
touch $projName/AUTHORS
touch $projName/ChangeLog

echo "AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu" >> $projName/Makefile.am
if [ "$bUT" = true ]; then
    echo "SUBDIRS = src test" >> $projName/Makefile.am
    echo "TESTS = test/${projName}_tests" >> $projName/Makefile.am

    printf "check_PROGRAMS = ${projName}_tests\n${projName}_tests_CPPFLAGS = -I../src/ \${BOOST_CPPFLAGS}\n" >> $projName/test/Makefile.am
    printf "${projName}_tests_LDFLAGS = \${BOOST_LDFLAGS}\n${projName}_tests_LDADD = \${BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB}\n" >> $projName/test/Makefile.am
    printf "${projName}_tests_SOURCES = runner.cpp main_tests.cpp" >> $projName/test/Makefile.am
else
    echo "SUBDIRS = src" >> $projName/Makefile.am
fi
echo "bin_PROGRAMS = $projName" >> $projName/src/Makefile.am
echo "${projName}_SOURCES = main.cpp" >> $projName/src/Makefile.am

echo "--------------------------"
echo "Project $projName created."
echo ""
echo "Configuring autotools build..."

eval cd $projName
autoscan &>/dev/null
mv configure.scan configure.ac
sed -i "/AC_INIT(\[FULL-PACKAGE-NAME\], \[VERSION\], \[BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS\])/a AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE" configure.ac
sed -i -e "s/FULL-PACKAGE-NAME/$projName/g" configure.ac
sed -i -e "s/VERSION/$version/g" configure.ac
sed -i -e "s/BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS/$bugAddress/g" configure.ac

if [ "$bUT" = true ]; then
    sed -i "/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/a \n# Specify the directory of additional local Autoconf macros.\nAC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])\n" configure.ac
    sed -i "/# Checks for libraries./a AX_BOOST_BASE([1.47.0])\nAX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK\n" configure.ac
    eval mkdir m4
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JBaczuk/btc_wallet/70e83a713bb7ede296191f6855a8e364286200c1/m4/ax_boost_base.m4 -P m4/
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JBaczuk/btc_wallet/70e83a713bb7ede296191f6855a8e364286200c1/m4/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4 -P m4/
fi

echo "#!/bin/bash" >> autogen.sh
printf "aclocal\nautoreconf -i" >> autogen.sh
chmod +x autogen.sh
./autogen.sh

echo ""
echo "-----------------------"
echo "Configuration complete."
echo ""
echo "Instructions for installation:"
echo "$ cd $projName"
echo "$ ./autogen.sh"
echo "$ ./configure"
echo "$ make"
echo "$ sudo make install"

TODOs:

• Add option for unit tests (boost tests)
• Add option to initialize in current directory
• Add option to initialize git repo
• Add option to set up command line parser
• Add option to build as a static/dynamic library

for unit tests and git configuration, see https://github.com/JBaczuk/btc_wallet/commit/70e83a713bb7ede296191f6855a8e364286200c1