My Generic Makefile.Useful for creating a simple build for a single target from a set of c files.This could extended to provide support for other languages, or cross compilations.Let me know if you find this useful, or make any useful (generic) updates that are worth sharing.

Makefile

# Kierans Generic Makefile
# www.kieranbingham.co.uk

# Default to build with multiple instances for speed
MAKEFLAGS =+ -j

# Beware, This will create this application
# binary based on the current directory name.
TARGET  := $(shell basename `pwd`)

# Create the target lists
SOURCES := $(wildcard *.c)
SOURCES += $(wildcard lib/*.c)
SOURCES += $(wildcard modules/*.c)
OBJECTS := $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SOURCES))
DEPENDS := $(SOURCES:.c=.d)

VERSION := $(shell git describe --long --dirty --tags --always 2>/dev/null)

CFLAGS += -I./include
CFLAGS += -g -Wall
CFLAGS += -Werror
LDLIBS += -lncurses -lpanel

## Define the Version for the Application
CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"

# Top level Build Rule
all: ${TARGET}

# Manage Dependancy Generation
# These dependency rules have been generated based on guidance from
#    http://mad-scientist.net/make/autodep.html
# The sed extension adds the dependancies to the .d file as well
# Note its important here not to use the usual 's/find/replace/g'
# as paths of the files include the '/' character
%.d: %.c
	@$(CC) -M $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -MQ '$*.o' $< | sed 's|$*\.o[ :]*|&$@ |g' > $@

-include $(DEPENDS)

# Build the application
$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
	@$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)

clean:
	@rm -f $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(DEPENDS)

help: printvars helpsummary

helpsummary:
	@echo "TARGET  : $(TARGET)"
	@echo "VERSION : $(VERSION)"
	@echo "SOURCES : $(SOURCES)"
	@echo "OBJECTS : $(OBJECTS)"
	@echo "DEPENDS : $(DEPENDS)"
	@echo "CFLAGS  : $(CFLAGS)"
	@echo "LDLIBS  : $(LDLIBS)"

# A useful debug Make Target - found from
# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2005-08/msg00137.html
.PHONY: printvars
printvars:
	@$(foreach V,$(sort $(.VARIABLES)), \
	$(if $(filter-out environment% default automatic, \
	$(origin $V)),$(warning $V=$($V) ($(value $V)))))