Drop-in ninja compatibility for Visual Studio C++ projects.

You must have an installation of Python 3 available as 'py'. If you have another installation of python that you want to use instead, modify the 'py' variable in configure.py to point to the installation you want.

Your project must be a Makefile project. Copy all files into the directory of the project (not the solution) you'd like to use ninja with then right click your project and select properties. Under Configuration Properties > NMake:

Build Command Line

cd $(ProjectDir)
ninja $(TargetPath)

Rebuild All Command Line

cd $(ProjectDir)
ninja -t clean
py configure.py
ninja $(TargetPath)

Clean Command Line to:

cd $(ProjectDir)
ninja -t clean
py configure.py

Under Configuration Properties > VC++ Directories:

Include Directories

$(SolutionDir)

Finally, run py configure.py once. Any later changes will cause it to rebuild itself.

This repo contains an executable for ninja 1.7.2. To update it, download a new version from the official ninja repository.

File additions or deletions will require reconfiguring. Rebuild all, or clean then build.

To add flags, modify the compilation flags in configure.py.