t3n0 / MostAmazingMakefile

The most amazing makefile for simple c++ projects. It does everything automatically, just paste it and run it.

The most amazing Makefile

THE definitive makefile for simple c++ projects, without scassamento di maroni!

Description

This simple makefile compiles all your c++ projects automatically. It looks recursively into the folder tree for headers and sources. It constructs the dependency rules, compiles them and links the main code in the base directory.

Usage

Basic usage:

1. Place the Makefile in the same folder as the main.cpp file.
2. Edit the location of the dependency files (default is SRC_DIRS = .)
3. Edit executable name, compiler flags and the like (optional)
4. Run make all

Other commands:

• make shows a default help message;
• make ar links all sources into a static library (default is lib.a) and collects all headers into the include folder;
• make clean removes all object files, dependency files, archive and executable.

Requirements

This project runs on unix systems. It requires a version of the g++ compiler supporting the -MMD flags and uses gcc-ar for generating the archive.