Add ext_mods parameter to b_info()

4 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbutl/b.cxx b/libbutl/b.cxx
index a071bba..e1caa4c 100644
--- a/libbutl/b.cxx
+++ b/libbutl/b.cxx
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace butl
 
   b_project_info
   b_info (const dir_path& project,
+          bool ext_mods,
           uint16_t verb,
           const function<b_callback>& cmd_callback,
           const path& program,
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ namespace butl
           2 /* stderr */,
           pp,
           vops,
+          ext_mods ? nullptr : "--no-external-modules",
           "-s",
           ops,
           "info:", "'" + project.representation () + "'");
diff --git a/libbutl/b.mxx b/libbutl/b.mxx
index 6eaf473..9e12711 100644
--- a/libbutl/b.mxx
+++ b/libbutl/b.mxx
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ LIBBUTL_MODEXPORT namespace butl
   // Run `b info: <project-dir>` command and parse and return the build2
   // project information it prints to stdout. Throw b_error on error.
   //
+  // Unless you need information that may come from external modules
+  // (operations, meta-operations, etc), pass false as the ext_mods argument,
+  // which results in passing --no-external-modules to the build2 program and
+  // speeds up its execution.
+  //
   // You can also specify the build2 verbosity level, command line callback
   // (see process_run_callback() for details), build program search details
   // and additional options.
@@ -101,6 +106,7 @@ LIBBUTL_MODEXPORT namespace butl
 
   LIBBUTL_SYMEXPORT b_project_info
   b_info (const dir_path& project,
+          bool ext_mods,
           std::uint16_t verb = 1,
           const std::function<b_callback>& cmd_callback = {},
           const path& program = path ("b"),
diff --git a/libbutl/utility.mxx b/libbutl/utility.mxx
index a59686b..8a0059a 100644
--- a/libbutl/utility.mxx
+++ b/libbutl/utility.mxx
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ LIBBUTL_MODEXPORT namespace butl
 
   // Throw system_error on failure.
   //
-  // Note that on Windows setting an empty value usets the variable.
+  // Note that on Windows setting an empty value unsets the variable.
   //
   LIBBUTL_SYMEXPORT void
   setenv (const std::string& name, const std::string& value);
diff --git a/tests/b-info/driver.cxx b/tests/b-info/driver.cxx
index 6a3e0a4..3ecfbc0 100644
--- a/tests/b-info/driver.cxx
+++ b/tests/b-info/driver.cxx
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ try
   cout.exceptions (ios::failbit | ios::badbit);
 
   b_project_info pi (b_info (project,
-                             1 /* verb */,
-                             {} /* cmd_callback */,
+                             true /* ext_mods */,
+                             1    /* verb */,
+                             {}   /* cmd_callback */,
                              b,
-                             {} /* search_fallback */,
+                             {}   /* search_fallback */,
                              {"--no-default-options"}));
 
   cout << "project: "      << pi.project                        << endl