GN - Application

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GN is an open source application created in 2015.

Source code:

git clone https://github.com/o-lim/generate-ninja

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GN, a meta-build system that generates Ninja build files

GN is developed on GitHub and has 74 stars
GN first developed in https://github.com/o-lim/generate-ninja/issues
file extensions for GN include gn and gni
GitHub supports syntax highlighting for GN

Example from Linguist:

# Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.

import("//build/toolchain/toolchain.gni")

declare_args() {
  # Indicates if the build should use the Chrome-specific plugins for enforcing
  # coding guidelines, etc. Only used when compiling with Clang.
  clang_use_chrome_plugins = is_clang && !is_nacl && !use_xcode_clang

  clang_base_path = "//third_party/llvm-build/Release+Asserts"
}