Opinionated Makefile for simple C/C++ projects.
Fetch the DRY Makefile:
wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cyrus-and/dry-makefile/master/Makefile
Create the following config.Makefile (change it according to your needs):
# all the source files
SOURCES := $(wildcard src/*.c)
# executable source files
EXECUTABLES := src/main.c
# compiler and linker flags
COMPILER_FLAGS := -Wall -pedantic
LINKER_FLAGS := -pthread
# additional shared libraries
LIBRARIES := -lm
# directory where `make install` copies the targets
INSTALL_PATH := /opt/bin
# declare the build profiles starting from the default rule, when omitted only
# the `default` profile is present which uses the variables defined so far
BUILD_PROFILES := release debug
# configure the variables for each declared profile
release: COMPILER_FLAGS += -O3 -Os
debug: COMPILER_FLAGS += -ggdb3 -Werror -DDEBUG
# list of rules to be set as prerequisites of each object
SETUP_HOOK := some-external-file
some-external-file:
wget -q https://example.com/$@
# list of rules to be set as prerequisites of the `clean` rule
CLEANUP_HOOK := -some-private-rule
-some-private-rule:
$(RM) external-file
# place additional custom rules here...Alternatively, the above can be placed in a Makefile file on its own and the DRY Makefile can be included with (place this below the configuration):
include /path/to/dry-makefile/MakefileThen use it like this:
makebuilds the default profile;make <name>builds the<name>profile;make compile_commands.jsongenerates the JSON Compilation Database file;make cleanremoves all the building files but not the targets;make cleanallremoves all the building files including the targets;make installcopies the targets to the install location;make uninstallremoves the targets from the install location.
DRY Makefile uses .d dependency files, those files can be safely ignored by the version-control system.