Currently, including a tree-sitter parser as a dependency in a zig
project and running `zig build test` on the project will fetch the
zig-tree-sitter dependency declared by the parser. This is a problem
because (a) consumers may not want this dependency for whatever reason
and (b) due to how often Zig breaks everything and how scarcely most
tree-sitter parsers are updated, the zig-tree-sitter version pinned
by the parser module will often be outdated and broken.
The workaround I used was taken from https://ziggit.dev/t/11234
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Tree-sitter CLI
The Tree-sitter CLI allows you to develop, test, and use Tree-sitter grammars from the command line. It works on MacOS, Linux, and Windows.
Installation
You can install the tree-sitter-cli with cargo:
cargo install --locked tree-sitter-cli
or with npm:
npm install tree-sitter-cli
You can also download a pre-built binary for your platform from the releases page.
Dependencies
The tree-sitter binary itself has no dependencies, but specific commands have dependencies that must be present at runtime:
- To generate a parser from a grammar, you must have
nodeon your PATH. - To run and test parsers, you must have a C and C++ compiler on your system.
Commands
-
generate- Thetree-sitter generatecommand will generate a Tree-sitter parser based on the grammar in the current working directory. See the documentation for more information. -
test- Thetree-sitter testcommand will run the unit tests for the Tree-sitter parser in the current working directory. See the documentation for more information. -
parse- Thetree-sitter parsecommand will parse a file (or list of files) using Tree-sitter parsers.