premake5.lua or premake4.lua generator

genpremake.py

import os, sys, getopt, string
import uuid

template4 = """
newoption {
    trigger     = 'to',
    value       = 'path',
    description = 'Set the output location for the generated files'
}

solution '${name}'
    configurations { 'Debug', 'Release' }
    language '${language}'
    defines { 'WIN32', '_WINDOWS' }
    flags { 'StaticRuntime' }

    location (_OPTIONS['to'] or 'build')
    targetdir 'bin'
    targetname '${name}'
    objdir 'obj'

    configuration 'vs*'
        defines { '_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS' }
--        buildoptions '/FI"pch.h"'
--        pchheader 'pch.h'
--        pchsource 'src/pch.c'

    configuration 'Debug'
        defines { '_DEBUG' }
        flags { 'Symbols' }
        targetsuffix '_d'

    configuration 'Release'
        defines { 'NDEBUG' }
        flags { 'Optimize' }

project '${name}'
    uuid '${uuid}'
    kind '${kind}'
--    flags { 'WinMain' }

    includedirs {
    }
    libdirs {
    }
    links {
    }

    files {
        '*.h',
        '*.c',
        '*.cpp',
    }
"""

template5 = """
newoption {
    trigger     = 'to',
    value       = 'path',
    default     = 'build',
    description = 'Set the output location for the generated files'
}

workspace '${name}'
    configurations { 'Debug', 'Release' }
    platforms { 'Win32', 'Win64' }
    
    language '${language}'
    defines { 'WIN32', '_WINDOWS' }
    flags { 'StaticRuntime' }
    characterset ("MBCS")

    location(_OPTIONS['to'])
    targetdir 'bin'
    targetname '${name}'
    objdir 'obj'

    filter { "platforms:Win32" }
        system "Windows"
        architecture "x32"

    filter { "platforms:Win64" }
        system "Windows"
        architecture "x64"

    filter 'action:vs*'
        disablewarnings {
            '4996', -- 4996 - same as define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
        }
--        forceincludes 'pch.h'
--        pchheader 'pch.h'
--        pchsource 'src/pch.c'

    filter 'configurations:Debug'
        defines { '_DEBUG' }
        symbols 'On'
        symbolspath '$(OutDir)$(TargetName).pdb'
        optimize 'Debug'
        targetsuffix '_d'

    filter { 'configurations:Debug', 'action:vs2015 or vs2017' }
        -- vs2015 and later version StaticRuntime will link libvcruntimed and libucrtd
        links {
            'libvcruntimed',
            'libucrtd',
        }
        -- vs2015 DLLRuntime will add vcruntimed and ucrtd
--        links {
--            'vcruntimed',
--            'ucrtd',
--        }

    filter 'configurations:Release'
        defines { 'NDEBUG' }
        optimize 'Full'

project '${name}'
    uuid '${uuid}'
    kind '${kind}'
--    flags { 'WinMain' }

    includedirs {
    }
    libdirs {
    }
    links {
    }

    files {
        '*.h',
        '*.c',
        '*.cpp',
    }
"""

kind_table = {
    'con' : 'ConsoleApp',
    'win' : 'WindowedApp',
    'dll' : 'SharedLib',
    'lib' : 'StaticLib',
}

Usage = """
Usage:
    python %s -n(name) -l(language) -k(kind) -v(Premake4 or Premake5)
"""

Help = """
Usage python %s [options]
  -h, --help        Display this infomation.
  -n, --name        solution and project name. it's required
  -l, --language    Premake can use programming language. it's optional default is C++.
  -k, --kind        Output kind, use con win dll lib for Premake parameter
                    ConsoleApp WindowApp SharedLib StaticLib. it's optional default is con.
  -v, --version     Generate Premake file's version. it's optional default is 5.
"""

def write_file(ver):
    f = open('premake' + str(ver) + '.lua', 'w')
    if ver == 5:
        f.write(string.Template(template5).safe_substitute(content))
    elif ver == 4:
        f.write(string.Template(template4).safe_substitute(content))
    f.close()

def main():
    global content
    content = {}
    ver = 5

    try:
        optlist, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'n:l:k:v:h', ['name=', 'language=', 'kind=', 'version=', 'help'])
    except getopt.GetoptError, msg:
        sys.stderr.write("which: error: %s. Your invocation was: %s\n" % (msg, argv))
        return 1

    for opt, optarg in optlist:
        if optarg == '':
            continue
        if opt in ('-n', '--name'):
            content['name'] = optarg
        elif opt in ('-l', '--language'):
            content['language'] = optarg.upper()
        elif opt in ('-k', '--kind'):
            content['kind'] = kind_table[optarg.lower()]
        elif opt in ('-v', '--version'):
            ver = int(optarg)
        elif opt in('-h', '--help'):
            sys.stderr.write(Help % sys.argv[0])
            sys.exit(1)

    if not content.has_key('name') or content['name'] == '':
        sys.stderr.write(Usage % sys.argv[0])
        return 1

    if not content.has_key('language') or content['language'] == '':
        content['language'] = 'C++'

    if not content.has_key('kind') or content['kind'] == '':
        content['kind'] = 'ConsoleApp'

    content['uuid'] = str(uuid.uuid4()).upper()
    write_file(ver)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()