make-it-so

Overview

MakeItSo converts Visual Studio solutions to gcc makefiles for Linux. It will convert all projects in a solution and create a makefile for each one. It also creates a master makefile that will build them in the correct dependency order.

Current version (1.2)

Version 1.2 supports C++ and C# VS 2008 and VS 2010 solutions:

• C++ projects are converted to gcc builds. Converts executables, static libraries, and DLLs into equivalent gcc makefiles.
• C# projects are converted to mono builds. Converts executables and libraries (including WinForms executables and WinForms custom controls) into equivalent mono makefiles.

Do you want to make MakeItSo even better?

If you want to contribute to this project, please fork & submit a pull request. Richard S. Shepherd is no longer actively enhancing MakeItSo.

Details and links

Many self-contained solutions can be converted just by running MakeItSo against the solution file. For more complex solutions, you can provide extra information to MakeItSo, for example to replace Windows-specific external libraries with Linux versions.

• See the wiki for more details about how to convert more complex projects.
• See the project roadmap for planned future developments.
• See how to report problems if MakeItSo does not convert a Visual Studio solution correctly.
• Thanks and acknowledgements

Quick start

• Download the latest version of MakeItSo from the featured-downloads link.

• In Windows: run MakeItSo against a solution file (.sln). It will generate a master makefile called Makefile in the root folder of your solution, and project-specific makefiles in each project folder.

• In Linux: run make from the solution root folder. The build output will be in a folder structure similar to the Visual Studio output, except that folders are prefixed with 'gcc', for example gccDebug instead of Debug. (C# builds prefix the output folders with 'mono'.)

Running MakeItSo

If MakeItSo is on the path, you can run it from the solution root folder without any parameters: e:\code\my_solution>MakeItSo

If MakeItSo is not on the path, or if you want to convert a solution that is in a different folder from the working directory, you can pass MakeItSo the path and name of the solution to convert: c:\>MakeItSo -file=e:\code\my_solution\my_solution.sln

MakeItSo must be run from Windows, as it uses Visual Studio automation to parse the solution and project files.

Originally exported from code.google.com/p/make-it-so