GYP is intended to support large projects that need to be built on multiple platforms (e.g., Mac, Windows, Linux), and where it is important that the project can be built using the IDEs that are …

GYP has some (relatively limited) support for cross-compiling. If the variable GYP_CROSSCOMPILE or one of the toolchain-related variables (like CC_host or CC_target) is set, GYP will think that you wish …

On Mac, a .gyp file generates one Xcode .xcodeproj bundle with information about how its targets are built. On Windows, a .gyp file generates one Visual Studio .sln file, and one Visual Studio .vcproj file …

GYP was originally created to generate native IDE project files (Visual Studio, Xcode) for building Chromium. The functionality of GYP is very similar to the CMake build tool.

GYP provides two forms of variable expansions, “early” or “pre” expansions, and “late,” “post,” or “target” expansions. They have similar syntax, differing only in the character used to introduce them.

There currently is no commit queue for GYP, so the commit queue boxes in the Rietveld UI don't work either. Watch the tree! Gyp's Buildbot status page can be found here: …

This document describes the GYP testing infrastructure, as provided by the TestGyp.py module. These tests emphasize testing the behavior of the various GYP-generated build configurations: Visual …