Search for a makefile upwards recursively

README.md

Search Make

This is a script to recursively search for a Makefile deep in a project, and execute the first one that is found. Designed to be used in sublime_text build script:

{
    "shell_cmd": "~/search_make.sh rsync"
}

Can also be used directly from command line as a replacement for Make:

alias make='~/search_make.sh'

Installation

To install the latest verison of this script simply do:

curl -sL "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/YarekTyshchenko/2a0c2612339b32f5cf4f5df056a5e156/raw/search_make.sh" > ~/search_make.sh
chmod +x ~/search_make.sh
alias smake='~/search_make.sh'

Installation of Sublime Build system

I managed to squeese the script into actual ST build system file, This is relatively experimental, I would still recommend you use the search_make.sh invoked from the build system, but This is easier to distribute.

To install go to Tools > Build System > New Build System...

Paste the contents of dce.sublime-build from here into the editor, and save the file as dce.sublime-build.

Now you if you select that build system for any file in any DCE project and hit ⌘B for Rsync, and ⌘⇧B for a drop down selection of make build and make start

dce.sublime-build

{
    "shell_cmd": "x=\\$(pwd);levels=0; while ! [ -f \"\\$x/Makefile\" ]; do ((levels++)); if [ \\$levels -gt 16 ]; then echo \"Looked 16 levels up, Makefile not found\"; exit 1; fi; x=\\$(dirname \"\\$x\"); done; echo \"found Makefile at \\$levels levels : \\$x/Makefile\"; ( cd \\$x; make rsync )",
    "variants": [
        {
            "name": "build",
            "shell_cmd": "x=\\$(pwd);levels=0; while ! [ -f \"\\$x/Makefile\" ]; do ((levels++)); if [ \\$levels -gt 16 ]; then echo \"Looked 16 levels up, Makefile not found\"; exit 1; fi; x=\\$(dirname \"\\$x\"); done; echo \"found Makefile at \\$levels levels : \\$x/Makefile\"; ( cd \\$x; make build )",
        },
        {
            "name": "start",
            "shell_cmd": "x=\\$(pwd);levels=0; while ! [ -f \"\\$x/Makefile\" ]; do ((levels++)); if [ \\$levels -gt 16 ]; then echo \"Looked 16 levels up, Makefile not found\"; exit 1; fi; x=\\$(dirname \"\\$x\"); done; echo \"found Makefile at \\$levels levels : \\$x/Makefile\"; ( cd \\$x; make start )",

        }
    ]
}

search_make.sh

#!/bin/bash
x=$(pwd)
levels=0
while ! [ -f "$x/Makefile" ]
do
		((levels++))
		if [ $levels -gt 16 ]
		then
				echo "Looked 16 levels up, Makefile not found"
				exit 1
		fi
		x=$(dirname "$x")
done

echo "found Makefile at $levels levels : $x/Makefile"
( cd $x; make -f "$x/Makefile" $@ )