SCons Mako Build Tool

Mako Template Builder for SCons

Dependencies

Conda

To install dependencies in a conda environment, execute the following commands.

conda env update --file etc/Requirements.yaml

Virtualenv

To install dependencies into a virtualenv execute the following commands.

python -m pip install -r etc/requirements.txt

Usage

Add the makotemplate Tool to the SCons Path

In the following example, the makotemplate tool is found within the contrib subdirectory.

import SCons
SCons.Tool.DefaultToolpath.insert(0, os.path.abspath('contrib'))

Create a Build Environment with the makotemplate Tool

env = Environment(tools=['default', 'makotemplate'])

Define a Mako Build Target

env.Mako('target.txt', 'source.txt.mako',
    MAKO_DICTIONARY={'MakoContextVariables': 'Value'})

Which, when run, would render the template file source.txt.mako

Replace a ${MakoContextVariables}.

To the file source.txt

Replace a value.

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Note

If your Mako template loads ohter files, make sure to explicitely define those dependencies in your SCons scripts.

mako = env.Mako('target.txt', 'source.txt.mako',
    MAKO_DICTIONARY={'MakoContextVariables': 'Value'})
env.Depends(mako, [env.File('file_loaded_by_template.csv')])

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