Generates exit code constants for various languages, based on this list compiled in the systemd docs.
This repo is the source of truth. It produces the contents of two downstream repos:
| Language | Repo | Package |
|---|---|---|
| Go | cdzombak/exitcode_go | github.com/cdzombak/exitcode_go |
| Python | cdzombak/exitcode_py | exitcode |
exitcodes.tsv lists every exit code: its numeric value, its canonical name, optional per-language name overrides, a description, and the standard it comes from. main.go embeds that TSV along with golang.tmpl and python.tmpl, and renders one file per language:
go run main.go -go ../exitcode_go/generated.go -py ../exitcode_py/exitcode/__init__.pyEither flag may be omitted to generate only one language.
To add or change an exit code, edit exitcodes.tsv — never the generated files. The name columns exist because a mechanical transformation of the C-style name isn't always right: EX_NOPERM and EXIT_NOPERMISSION would otherwise collide, and acronyms like CPU, PAM, and SELinux don't camel-case correctly on their own.
The Sync Generated Code workflow runs on every push to main. It regenerates both languages, and for each downstream repo opens a pull request if the output changed. Branches are named after a hash of the generated file, so an unchanged run reuses the existing PR instead of opening a duplicate; superseded PRs are closed automatically.
Releases are cut in the downstream repos, by tagging them there — not here.
MIT; see LICENSE.
Chris Dzombak (dzombak.com; GitHub @cdzombak).