GIR-GENERATOR(1)

📦 version 2.2.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, meet gir-generator — it's Deepin's Golang Gir Generator, and it's literally the whole reason this manual page exists. it's from the General Commands Manual section of your man pages, section 1, iykyk 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gir-generator [FLAGS] <dir>

that's it, that's the shape of it. flags first, then the directory. slay. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is here to give you the lowdown on the gir-generator command, which ships as part of the golang-gir-generator package. consider this your little tour. 🫶

the binary program gir-generator is the static binding code generator. yes, it generates binding code, statically. it's giving ✨automation✨.

and here's the part you actually need to know: it reads the GIRepository and template files from the lib.in directory. no cap, that's where it's pulling from. 📂

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • -config <string> — points at the global config file you wanna use. specify it, bestie.
  • -o <string> — overrides the output directory. so like, you don't have to live with whatever default it had in mind. main character energy. 👑

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

okay so here's the actual vibe, walk with me:

cd lib.in/gobject-2.0

gir-generator -o . gobject.go.in

first you hop into lib.in/gobject-2.0 — cd into it, no biggie — and then you run the generator with -o . so the output lands right there in the current directory, feeding it gobject.go.in. obsessed. it ate. 🍓

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this program is further documented in the README.md that comes with this debian package, chillin' under the /usr/share/doc/golang-gir-generator/ directory. go read it if you want the extended lore. 📚✨

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

gir-generator is written by Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. 💜

this manual page was written by Arun Kumar Pariyar for the Debian Project (but like, it may be used by others too — sharing is caring, periodt).

a lil' sign-off from the source: this is the Deepin version, dated 2020-05-25, and it lives in the General Commands Manual as GIR-GENERATOR(1). bye bestie, go generate some bindings 💅🦋
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