wbthomason / buildit.nvim

A better async project builder for Neovim

Archiving because I discovered https://github.com/stevearc/overseer.nvim, which seems to do this already.

buildit.nvim

An async project builder for Neovim. Compatible with (but not reliant on) VS Code-style tasks.json specifications.

Why would I use this?

buildit does a good job of automatically detecting the correct builder to use for a given buffer, and runs said builder in a new process, asynchronously. Further, it does not interfere with your working directory, and it can handle several simultaneous builds.

What this boils down to is that you can very easily trigger builds for several subprojects, have them work correctly without having to fiddle around with configuration, and keep editing uninterrupted.

For more, see the FAQ or the docs

Installation

Use your favorite plugin manager.

With packer.nvim:

use {'wbthomason/buildit.nvim', requires = 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'}

Usage

TODO rewrite for Lua rewrite of plugin.

buildit.nvim's Issues

Add customizability

Currently, the only customizable facet of buildit is the custom builder definitions. We might also want to be able to customize:

• Build output reporting
• Build status window location
• Builder preferences (for multiple valid options)
• Build pruning

Builds across multiple directories fail

For a project with two subprojects in different subdirectories, the second build to be run will fail. This should not be the case

Functions can't actually be called

Improve build status reporting

It's a pain to have to manually run build status repeatedly to check on builds. There should be at least automatic updating of the build status buffer and maybe a statusline notification.

Error with registration as remote plugin

There's a severe bug that not only prevents buildit from registering as a remote plugin, but blocks other remote plugins from registering correctly. Working to track it down now...

Add builders

More builders, more better. Things it would be nice to support include:

• Bazel
• Buck
• More advanced Make and CMake workflows
• Ninja
• Meson
• JBuilder
• Ant
• Maven
• Leiningen
• Whatever else people use

Add vim documentation

The project critically needs a doc/buildit.txt file in the vim help file format.