Add --examples flag for libraries

Author: friendlyanon

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
 
       matrix:
-        job: [0, 1, 2, 3]
+        job: [1, 2, 3, 4]
 
         os: [macos, ubuntu, windows]
 
         include:
-        - { job: 0, type: -s, name: "Library: shared", flag: "-D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES" }
-        - { job: 1, type: -s, name: "Library: static", flag: "" }
-        - { job: 2, type: -h, name: "Library: header-only", flag: "" }
-        - { job: 3, type: -e, name: Executable, flag: "" }
+        - { job: 1, type: "-s --examples", name: "Library: shared", flag: "-D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES" }
+        - { job: 2, type: "-s --examples", name: "Library: static", flag: "" }
+        - { job: 3, type: "-h --examples", name: "Library: header-only", flag: "" }
+        - { job: 4, type: -e, name: Executable, flag: "" }
 
     name: ${{ matrix.name }} (${{ matrix.os }})
 

cmake-init/__main__.py

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def ask(*args, **kwargs):
     if d["type_id"] != "e":
         d["examples"] = "n" == ask(
             "Exclude examples ([Y]es/[n]o)",
-            "y",
+            cli_args.examples or "y",
             mapper=lambda v: v[0:1].lower(),
             predicate=lambda v: v in ["y", "n"],
         )
@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ def main():
         type=os.path.realpath,
         help="path to generate to, the name is also derived from this",
     )
-    create_flags = ["type_id", "std", "use_clang_tidy", "use_cppcheck"]
+    create_flags = \
+        ["type_id", "std", "use_clang_tidy", "use_cppcheck", "examples"]
     p.set_defaults(**{k: "" for k in create_flags})
     type_g = p.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     mapping = {
@@ -416,6 +417,12 @@ def main():
         action="store_true",
         help="omit checks for existing files and non-empty project root",
     )
+    p.add_argument(
+        "--examples",
+        action="store_const",
+        const="n",
+        help="generate examples for a library",
+    )
     args = p.parse_args()
     if args.dummy:
         p.print_help()