rneovim.git/src/build_lua.zig, branch master

build(deps): vendor lpeg

2026-08-30T08:53:36+00:00

Problem: LPeg is hosted on a single unreliable external hoster, forcing
is to mirror it in neovim/deps, which adds maintenance friction. Also,
we have already vendored the Lua `re.lua` module.

Solution: Vendor all of LPeg v1.1.0; as development is not very active
anymore, this should not add much overhead (and allow us to simplify in
particular the Zig build scripts).

Note: LPeg defines a `luaL_newlib` macro for Lua 5.1, which conflicts
with LuaJIT's extension. This requires inlining the macro defined in
`lptypes.h` and used in `lptree.c`; see README.md for the patch.

build(zig): use LLVM for building nlua0

2026-06-17T05:03:55+00:00

problem: https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/31272
solution: set `.use_llvm = true` until the next zig release

refactor(build.zig): no need to pass around b.graph.io next to b

2026-06-04T09:33:35+00:00

fix(build): more changes to make zig 0.16.0 work

2026-04-21T10:46:01+00:00

feat(build.zig): update to zig 0.16

2026-04-21T09:18:43+00:00

feat(build.zig): add option to use system dependencies

2026-01-14T03:09:03+00:00

Problem:
build.zig always downloads dependencies and statically links them,
which is frowned upon by distro packagers.

Solution:
Add option to use system libraries.

build: make build.zig generate helptags without running "nvim" binary

2025-08-19T09:14:02+00:00

This is matters for cross-compiling where we might not
be able to run the "nvim" binary on the host.

Instead reimplement the helptags extractor as a small
lua script, which we can run on the host using the nlua0
helper already used for other generator scripts.

fix(build): remove deprecated aliases in build.zig removed for zig 0.15

2025-08-09T10:02:07+00:00

This makes the zig build compatible with the upcoming zig 0.15 release,
while still supporting the current stable 0.14 release still used in CI.

fix(deps): make script/bump_deps.lua update build.zig.zon versions in sync

2025-05-10T08:34:40+00:00

Also bring luv version in build.zig.zon up to date

This skips some deps not currently managed/used by build.zig

feat(build): build.zig MVP: build and run functionaltests on linux

2025-05-02T07:28:50+00:00

NEW BUILD SYSTEM!

This is a MVP implementation which supports building the "nvim" binary,
including cross-compilation for some targets.
As an example, you can build a aarch64-macos binary from
an x86-64-linux-gnu host, or vice versa

Add CI target for build.zig currently for functionaltests on linux
x86_64 only

Follow up items:

-  praxis for version and dependency bumping
-  windows 💀
-  full integration of libintl and gettext (or a desicion not to)
-  update help and API metadata files
-  installation into a $PREFIX
-  more tests and linters