Add common types header

3 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bpkg/bpkg.cxx b/bpkg/bpkg.cxx
index 3492705..d95d005 100644
--- a/bpkg/bpkg.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/bpkg.cxx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <exception>
 
+#include <bpkg/types>
 #include <bpkg/diagnostics>
 
 using namespace std;
diff --git a/bpkg/diagnostics b/bpkg/diagnostics
index 94cb0ba..ef7b24c 100644
--- a/bpkg/diagnostics
+++ b/bpkg/diagnostics
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <exception>
 
+#include <bpkg/types>
+
 namespace bpkg
 {
   // Throw this exception to terminate the process. The handler should
diff --git a/bpkg/types b/bpkg/types
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d66f9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpkg/types
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// file      : bpkg/types -*- C++ -*-
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Code Synthesis Ltd
+// license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef BPKG_TYPES
+#define BPKG_TYPES
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <butl/path>
+#include <butl/path-io>
+
+namespace bpkg
+{
+  // Commonly-used types.
+  //
+  using strings = std::vector<std::string>;
+  using cstrings = std::vector<const char*>;
+
+  // <butl/path>
+  //
+  using butl::path;
+  using butl::dir_path;
+  using butl::basic_path;
+  using butl::invalid_path;
+
+  using paths = std::vector<path>;
+  using dir_paths = std::vector<dir_path>;
+}
+
+#endif // BPKG_TYPES