Added makefiles generator option.

Author: samyarsadat

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ This is a Docker container action.
 | `cmake_args`          | _Additional arguments to pass to CMake._                                                                                                                         | No       | `""`                         |
 | `output_ignored_dirs` | _A space-separated list of directories to ignore when copying binary build artifacts. `CMakeFiles`, `pico-sdk`, `pioasm`, and `elf2uf2` are ignored regardless._ | No       | `""`                         |
 | `cmake_config_only`   | _Only configure CMake and generate build files. Do not build the project._                                                                                       | No       | `"false"`                    |
+| `makefiles_generator` | _CMake generator to use for generating build files._                                                                                                             | No       | `"Ninja"`                    |
 <br>
 
 ## Outputs

action.yml

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ inputs:
         description: "Only configure CMake and generate build files. Do not build the project."
         required: false
         default: "false"
+    makefiles_generator:
+        description: "CMake generator to use for generating build files. Default is 'Ninja'."
+        required: false
+        default: "Ninja"
 
 outputs:
     output_dir:
@@ -68,3 +72,4 @@ runs:
         - ${{ inputs.cmake_args }}
         - ${{ inputs.output_ignored_dirs }}
         - ${{ inputs.cmake_config_only }}
+        - ${{ inputs.makefiles_generator }}

entrypoint.sh

@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ SOURCE_DIR="$1"
 OUTPUT_DIR="$2"
 OUTPUT_EXT="$3"
 BOARD_NAME="$4"
-CMAKE_ARGS="$5"
+CMAKE_ARGS=$5
 OUTPUT_IGNORED_DIRS="$6"
 CMAKE_CONFIG_ONLY="$7"
+MAKEFILES_GENERATOR="$8"
 
 # Split output extensions and into array
 IFS=" " read -r -a BINARY_EXTENSIONS <<< "$OUTPUT_EXT"
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ if [ -z "$BOARD_NAME" ]; then
     BOARD_NAME="pico"
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$MAKEFILES_GENERATOR" ]; then
+    MAKEFILES_GENERATOR="Ninja"
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$BINARY_EXTENSIONS" ]; then
     BINARY_EXTENSIONS=("*.uf2" "*.elf" "*.elf.map")
 fi
@@ -75,11 +80,13 @@ echo "BINARY_EXTENSIONS=${BINARY_EXTENSIONS[@]}"
 echo "BOARD_NAME=$BOARD_NAME"
 echo "CMAKE_ARGS=$CMAKE_ARGS"
 echo "IGNORED_BUILD_DIRS=${IGNORED_BUILD_DIRS[@]}"
+echo "CMAKE_CONFIG_ONLY=$CMAKE_CONFIG_ONLY"
+echo "MAKEFILES_GENERATOR=$MAKEFILES_GENERATOR"
 
 # Build the project
 echo "Generating build files..."
 mkdir "$OUTPUT_DIR" && cd "$OUTPUT_DIR"
-cmake -DPICO_BOARD="$BOARD_NAME" $CMAKE_ARGS -S "$SOURCE_DIR" -B "$OUTPUT_DIR"
+cmake -DPICO_BOARD="$BOARD_NAME" -S "$SOURCE_DIR" -B "$OUTPUT_DIR" -G "$MAKEFILES_GENERATOR" $CMAKE_ARGS
 
 if [ "$CMAKE_CONFIG_ONLY" = "false" ]; then
     echo "Building project..."