.TH DUB-GENERATE 1 "2018-12-21" "The D Language Foundation" "The D Language Foundation"
.SH NAME
dub \- Package and build management system for D
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdub generate\fR
<\fIgenerator\fR> [<\fIpackage\fR>]
\fIOPTIONS\&.\&.\&.\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Generates project files using one of the supported generators:



visuald - VisualD project files

sublimetext - SublimeText project file

cmake - CMake build scripts

build - Builds the package directly



An optional package name can be given to generate a different package than the root/CWD package.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP -b, --build=VALUE
Specifies the type of build to perform. Note that setting the DFLAGS environment variable will override the build type with custom flags.
Possible names:
  debug (default), plain, release, release-debug, release-nobounds, unittest, profile, profile-gc, docs, ddox, cov, unittest-cov, syntax and custom types
.IP -c, --config=VALUE
Builds the specified configuration. Configurations can be defined in dub.json
.IP --override-config=VALUE
Uses the specified configuration for a certain dependency. Can be specified multiple times.
Format: --override-config=<dependency>/<config>
.IP --compiler=VALUE
Specifies the compiler binary to use (can be a path).
Arbitrary pre- and suffixes to the identifiers below are recognized (e.g. ldc2 or dmd-2.063) and matched to the proper compiler type:
  dmd, gdc, ldc, gdmd, ldmd
.IP -a, --arch=VALUE
Force a different architecture (e.g. x86 or x86_64)
.IP -d, --debug=VALUE
Define the specified debug version identifier when building - can be used multiple times
.IP --nodeps
Do not resolve missing dependencies before building
.IP --build-mode=VALUE
Specifies the way the compiler and linker are invoked. Valid values:
  separate (default), allAtOnce, singleFile
.IP --single
Treats the package name as a filename. The file must contain a package recipe comment.
.IP --force-remove
Deprecated option that does nothing.
.IP --combined
Tries to build the whole project in a single compiler run.
.IP --print-builds
Prints the list of available build types
.IP --print-configs
Prints the list of available configurations
.IP --print-platform
Prints the identifiers for the current build platform as used for the build fields in dub.json
.IP --parallel
Runs multiple compiler instances in parallel, if possible.
.SH FILES
\fIdub\&.sdl\fR, \fIdub\&.json\fR
.SH AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by The D Language Foundation
.SH "ONLINE DOCUMENTATION"
.UR http://code.dlang.org/docs/commandline
.UE http://code.dlang.org/docs/commandline
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR dmd(1)
dub(1)