conan new

$ conan new [-h] [-t] [-i] [-c] [-s] [-b] [-m TEMPLATE] [-cis] [-cilg]
            [-cilc] [-cio] [-ciw] [-ciglg] [-ciglc] [-ciccg] [-ciccc]
            [-cicco] [-gi] [-ciu CI_UPLOAD_URL]
            name

Creates a new package recipe template with a ‘conanfile.py’ and optionally, ‘test_package’ testing files.

positional arguments:
  name                  Package name, e.g.: "poco/1.9.4" or complete reference
                        for CI scripts: "poco/1.9.4@user/channel"

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t, --test            Create test_package skeleton to test package
  -i, --header          Create a headers only package template
  -c, --pure-c          Create a C language package only package, deleting
                        "self.settings.compiler.libcxx" setting in the
                        configure method
  -s, --sources         Create a package with embedded sources in "src"
                        folder, using "exports_sources" instead of retrieving
                        external code with the "source()" method
  -b, --bare            Create the minimum package recipe, without build()
                        method. Useful in combination with "export-pkg"
                        command
  -m TEMPLATE, --template TEMPLATE
                        Use the given template to generate a conan project
  -cis, --ci-shared     Package will have a "shared" option to be used in CI
  -cilg, --ci-travis-gcc
                        Generate travis-ci files for linux gcc
  -cilc, --ci-travis-clang
                        Generate travis-ci files for linux clang
  -cio, --ci-travis-osx
                        Generate travis-ci files for OSX apple-clang
  -ciw, --ci-appveyor-win
                        Generate appveyor files for Appveyor Visual Studio
  -ciglg, --ci-gitlab-gcc
                        Generate GitLab files for linux gcc
  -ciglc, --ci-gitlab-clang
                        Generate GitLab files for linux clang
  -ciccg, --ci-circleci-gcc
                        Generate CircleCI files for linux gcc
  -ciccc, --ci-circleci-clang
                        Generate CircleCI files for linux clang
  -cicco, --ci-circleci-osx
                        Generate CircleCI files for OSX apple-clang
  -gi, --gitignore      Generate a .gitignore with the known patterns to
                        excluded
  -ciu CI_UPLOAD_URL, --ci-upload-url CI_UPLOAD_URL
                        Define URL of the repository to upload

Examples:

  • Create a new conanfile.py for a new package mypackage/1.0@myuser/stable

    $ conan new mypackage/1.0
    
  • Create also a test_package folder skeleton:

    $ conan new mypackage/1.0 -t
    
  • Create files for travis (both Linux and OSX) and appveyor Continuous Integration:

    $ conan new mypackage/1.0@myuser/stable -t -cilg -cio -ciw
    
  • Create files for gitlab (linux) Continuous integration and set upload conan server:

    $ conan new mypackage/1.0@myuser/stable -t -ciglg -ciglc -ciu https://api.bintray.com/conan/myuser/myrepo
    
  • Create files from a custom, predefined, user template recipe or template directory:

    $ conan new mypackage/1.0 --template=myconanfile.py  # Single template file
    $ conan new mypackage/1.0 --template=header_only  # Template directory
    

    Refer to the section Package scaffolding for conan new command for more information about these templates.