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Adding script to convert from MSBuild XML to a JSON format

Don Olmstead requested to merge don.j.olmstead/cmake:features/ms-build-json into master

Here is the initial script to convert MS Build files to a JSON format. I wanted to get some feedback on the output and present how to run it all while I work on hooking it all in.

Outstanding questions

  • Should the architecture also be within the name?
  • Where should the JSON files be outputted to? (Currently thinking Modules/Platform/MSBuild)

Current gotchas

  • MASM has flags like /Fo"[value]" (Think maybe a special case that needs to be handled)
  • Clang sometimes has trailing whitespace in the flag (Should be able to just trim output)

To run through VS 140

python Source\cmConvertMSBuildXMLToJSON.py ^
  --toolchain v140 ^
  --output Modules\Platform\MSBuild ^
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\1033\cl.xml" ^
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\1033\lib.xml" ^
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\BuildCustomizations\masm.xml" ^
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\1033\rc.xml" ^
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\1033\link.xml"

To run through Clang vc140_clang_c2

python Source\cmConvertMSBuildXMLToJSON.py ^
  --toolchain v140_clang_c2 ^
  --output Modules\Platform\MSBuild ^
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\1033\clang.xml" ^
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\1033\clanglink.xml"

With LLVM snapshots I'm not seeing any special project files.

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