From 29d59fd1346c54a1bc6163fb860783eed7888d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayo Reis <hey@ayoreis.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:39:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Switch to Zig Build System

---
 .gitignore                           |  2 ++
 README.md                            |  4 ----
 build.zig                            | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 build.zig.zon                        | 12 ++++++++++++
 Scanner.zig => src/Scanner.zig       |  2 +-
 Token.zig => src/Token.zig           |  0
 lox.zig => src/main.zig              |  0
 token_type.zig => src/token_type.zig |  0
 8 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 build.zig
 create mode 100644 build.zig.zon
 rename Scanner.zig => src/Scanner.zig (99%)
 rename Token.zig => src/Token.zig (100%)
 rename lox.zig => src/main.zig (100%)
 rename token_type.zig => src/token_type.zig (100%)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db3cb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.zig-cache/
+/zig-out/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1de96d0..84b40e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 # Zlox
 
 An implementation of the [Lox language](https://craftinginterpreters.com/the-lox-language.html) in Zig.
-
-```shell
-zig run lox.zig
-```
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ccf9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "zlox",
+        .root_module = b.createModule(.{
+            .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
+            .target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{}),
+            .optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{}),
+        }),
+    });
+
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
+
+    const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
+    const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
+    run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+    run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
+
+    if (b.args) |args| {
+        run_cmd.addArgs(args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b44d9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.{
+    .name = .zlox,
+    .version = "0.0.0",
+    .fingerprint = 0xd8b023c660b945d7,
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.15.2",
+
+    .paths = .{
+        "build.zig",
+        "build.zig.zon",
+        "src",
+    },
+}
diff --git a/Scanner.zig b/src/Scanner.zig
similarity index 99%
rename from Scanner.zig
rename to src/Scanner.zig
index 622c98e..c542e45 100644
--- a/Scanner.zig
+++ b/src/Scanner.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const Token = @import("Token.zig");
 const Literal = Token.Literal;
 const Scanner = @This();
 const TokenType = @import("token_type.zig").TokenType;
-const lox = @import("lox.zig");
+const lox = @import("main.zig");
 
 source: []const u8,
 tokens: std.ArrayList(Token) = .empty,
diff --git a/Token.zig b/src/Token.zig
similarity index 100%
rename from Token.zig
rename to src/Token.zig
diff --git a/lox.zig b/src/main.zig
similarity index 100%
rename from lox.zig
rename to src/main.zig
diff --git a/token_type.zig b/src/token_type.zig
similarity index 100%
rename from token_type.zig
rename to src/token_type.zig
-- 
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