ocaml
Allow globbing in the install stanza
Desired Behavior
The following should be accepted,
(install
(files (glob_files *.lisp))
(package bap-primus-lisp)
(section (site (bap lisp))))
Instead if fails with
dune build
File "plugins/primus_lisp/site-lisp/dune", line 2, characters 9-28:
2 | (files (glob_files *.lisp))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error: invalid format, <name> or (<name> as <install-as>) expected
Justification
Sometimes we just want to install all data files from a certain directory, like all *.png files or lisp codes, etc. Other build systems, e.g., oasis, cmake, autotools commonly allow this, so this sounds as an expected feature for a build system. Right now I have to enumerate each file which bloats the dune file and makes it easy to forget to include a file.
Alternatives
Other build systems allow the installation of directories, which might (or might not) be easier to implement.
Workarounds
Right now I just abuse Emacs C-u M-| ls to include all files in the directory, but if there are any other options (like generating the installation files) or some stanza that I am missing, the I will be happy to learn.
See #5059 for installable directories. I think there's an open issue about globbing in install but I can't find it at the moment.
