Tada

Abracadabra was too long. Tomek's Ada, too obvious. An opinionated package management tool for Ada.

Tada handles building, testing, and running Ada packages. It wraps GPRbuild with sensible defaults and a simple package manifest (tada.toml), so you spend less time writing build scripts and more time writing Ada.

Status

This is alpha software. I'm actively working it. YMMV.

Tested on Linux x86_64, MacOS ARM and Windows x86_64.

Prerequisites

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt install gnat gprbuild libaunit-dev

• gnat -- GNAT Ada compiler
• gprbuild -- GPR-based build system for Ada
• libaunit-dev -- AUnit testing framework (needed to build and run tests)

Installation

See Releases.

curl -L https://github.com/tomekw/tada/releases/download/VERSION/tada-VERSION-PLATFORM -o tada && chmod +x tada

Copy it somewhere on your PATH:

cp tada ~/.local/bin/

Once installed, Tada can build itself:

tada build --profile release

Usage

Create a new project

tada init my_package          # executable package (default)
tada init my_package --lib    # library package

Build

tada build                      # debug build (default)
tada build --profile release    # release build

Run

tada run                                  # build and run (debug)
tada run --profile release                # build and run (release)
tada run --profile debug -- --flag arg    # pass arguments to the executable

Test

tada test                       # build and run tests (debug)
tada test --profile release     # build and run tests (release)

Clean

tada clean    # remove the target/ directory

Help

tada help

Testing

Tada's own test suite uses AUnit:

tada test

Roadmap

• local dependencies
• git dependencies
• dependencies index (?)

Disclaimer

This codebase is written by hand. Claude Code is used for Socratic design exploration and code review.

License

EUPL