Added support for relative paths in link-libraries

src/project_parser.cpp

@@ -597,6 +597,38 @@ Project::Project(const Project *parent, const std::string &path, bool build) : p
         t.optional("link-libraries", target.link_libraries);
         t.optional("private-link-libraries", target.private_link_libraries);
 
+        // Add support for relative paths for (private-)link-libraries
+        const auto fix_relative_paths = [&name, &path](ConditionVector &libraries, const char *key) {
+            for (const auto &library_entries : libraries) {
+                for (auto &library_path : libraries[library_entries.first]) {
+                    // Skip processing paths with potential CMake macros in them (this check isn't perfect)
+                    // https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-language.7.html#variable-references
+                    if ((library_path.find("${") != std::string::npos || library_path.find("$ENV{") != std::string::npos ||
+                         library_path.find("$CACHE{") != std::string::npos) &&
+                        library_path.find('}') != std::string::npos) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // Skip paths that don't contain backwards or forwards slashes
+                    if (library_path.find_first_of(R"(\/)") == std::string::npos) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // Check if the new file path exists, otherwise emit an error
+                    const auto expected_library_file_path = fs::path{path} / library_path;
+                    if (!fs::exists(expected_library_file_path)) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Attempted to link against a library file that doesn't exist for target \"" + name + "\" in \"" +
+                                                 key + "\": " + library_path);
+                    }
+
+                    // Prepend ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} to the path
+                    library_path.insert(0, "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/");
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        fix_relative_paths(target.link_libraries, "link-libraries");
+        fix_relative_paths(target.private_link_libraries, "private-link-libraries");
+
         t.optional("link-options", target.link_options);
         t.optional("private-link-options", target.private_link_options);
 

tests/cmake.toml

@@ -57,4 +57,11 @@ arguments = ["build"]
 name = "compile-options"
 working-directory = "compile-options"
 command = "$<TARGET_FILE:cmkr>"
-arguments = ["build"]
+arguments = ["build"]
+
+[[test]]
+condition = "windows"
+name = "relative-paths"
+working-directory = "relative-paths"
+command = "$<TARGET_FILE:cmkr>"
+arguments = ["build"]

tests/relative-paths/cmake.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[project]
+name = "relative-paths"
+
+[target.test-library]
+type = "static"
+sources = ["src/library-code.cpp"]
+
+[target.example]
+type = "executable"
+sources = ["src/main.cpp"]
+windows.link-libraries = ["libs/test-library-x64-Release.lib"]

tests/relative-paths/src/library-code.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Created by Anthony Printup on 9/18/2023.
+#include <cstdio>
+
+extern "C" void library_function() {
+    std::puts("Hello from library_function!");
+}

tests/relative-paths/src/main.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Created by Anthony Printup on 9/18/2023.
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+extern "C" void library_function();
+#endif
+int main() {
+    puts("Hello from cmkr(relative-paths)!");
+#ifdef WIN32
+    library_function();
+#endif
+}