Replace GNU Make Codegen with Python

.gitattributes

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 *.txt text=set eol=lf
 *.yml text=set eol=lf
 VERSION text=set eol=lf
-*.mak text=set eol=lf
-Makefile text=set eol=lf
 License text=set eol=lf
 *.rc text=set eol=lf
 *.mako text=set eol=lf

.gitignore

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ generated/*/build/
 generated/*/dist/
 generated/*/log/
 generated/*/*.egg-info/
-generated/driver_file_built
-generated/printed_global_files
 generated/junit/
 generated/*/coverage.xml
 
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ nirfsaunittest.xml
 niscopeunittest.xml
 nitclkunittest.xml
 codegen.xml
-commands.log
 .vscode/launch.json
 .vscode/settings.json
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ In order to have the ability to build and run the tests you will need a few thin
 
 - Install and enable [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide)
 - Install the following in **Windows Subsystem for Linux**:
-  - GNU Make: ``sudo apt-get install make``
-  - zip: ``sudo apt-get install zip``
   - 64-bit [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
     -- Use the version that `build_test` uses. See `envlist` definition in [tox.ini](./tox.ini)
 
@@ -78,6 +76,15 @@ Building **[`nimi-python`](https://github.com/ni/nimi-python)**
 
         tox -e clean
 
+1. To regenerate only some drivers, pass arguments to the code generator through `tox`. For example:
+
+        tox -e py312-codegen -- --driver nidmm --driver nitclk
+
+   `tox` isn't required: with the `codegen` dependencies installed (see `deps` in [tox.ini](./tox.ini)), you can run the
+   code generator directly with `python -m build.codegen generate [--driver DRIVER ...]`.
+   It also has `clean` and `installers` commands; use `--help` for details.
+   The code generator always regenerates every file it is asked to.
+
 
 Updating submodules
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