Introduction

This is the make solution I use to build simple c or c++ projects. This makefile automatically detects the source files in the project tree (using the wildcard function), to generate the depandancy list, and compile into a single executable. This is one of a set of similar sister projects used to build c and c++ projects.

How To Use

Using this build solution is simple. All you need to do is copy the Makefile into your project directory.

cd /path/to/your/project/

then

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SidhBhat/simple-make-build/main/Makefile > Makefile

Now you're going to want to set these variables inside the makefile, to specify where to look for sources and where to build them.

#build configuration
override srcdir     = src/
override buildir    = build/
#program Name
prog_name           = main

You are pretty much set now. However here are the compile time variables you can set in the makefile, or through the commandline:

# Compiler options
CC          = gcc
CLIBS       =
INCLUDES    =
CFLAGS      = -g -O -Wall
# Install location
DESTDIR     =
prefix      = /usr/local/

The Directory Structure

The Directory Structure is pretty straightforward. The makefile expects all source files to be directly in srcdir/. And all build files are confined to buildir/.

graph
	ProjectDir-->Makefile
	ProjectDir-->srcdir/
	ProjectDir-->buildir/
	srcdir/-->source_files
	buildir/-->build_files
	buildir/-->executable

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Branches

This repository is organised in two branches one main and the other cpp. You are currently on main. The main branch has the c version. To compile c++ projects checkout branch cpp.

You can also download the latest release:

• cpp version
• c version

Prior development included support for c and cpp files in the same makefile. But it was decided to drop that version as nobody actually developed independant projects on the same project tree.

Sibling Projects

This Makefile is one among a set of make solutions to build c and c++ projects

• make-build_C_app
• make-build_Cpp_app
• make-build_C_lib
• make-build_Cpp_lib
• simple-make-build*

Contributing

If you would like to contribute, you can start by simply creating a pull request :).