Universal makefile. Vanilla makefile. Automatic makefile. Cost me a lot of time and almost every available makefile resource on the WWW to make it. I will try using this template for my projects until something comes along that actually works without too much trouble.

gistfile1.mak

# Compiler of your choosing
CC := ...

# Collects all the cpp files
SRC := $(wildcard *.cpp)

# Linker Options
LOPS := ...

# Executable name (without .exe!)
PROG := ...

# Dir where objects are stored
OBJDIR = obj

# For each cpp file the compiler will make a separate object
OBJS = $(SRC:.cpp=.o)

# Add a directory prefix to each object file
OUT_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/, $(OBJS))

# Dir where dependencies (*.d) are stored. Dependencies are files which tell what files a certain other file needs.
DEPDIR = deps
# For example, main.d might contain "main.o deps/main.d: main.cpp mtwist.h engine.hpp"

# This rule compiles the program.
bin/$(PROG): $(OUT_OBJS)
	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LOPS)

# This is a rule for generating objects. It checks the corresponding dependency file for which dependencies to check
$(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(DEPDIR)/%.d
	$(CC) -c $*.cpp -o $@

# To make sure the .d aren't deleted afterwards. You can probably do without it
.PRECIOUS: $(DEPDIR)/%.d

# To create dependencies out of .cpp files. Dependencies are only remade when the corresponding .cpp file changes # $@
$(DEPDIR)/%.d: %.cpp
	$(CC) -MM $(CPPFLAGS) -MF $@ $< -MT $*.o

# This is needed to make the whole dependency thing work
-include $(SRC:.cpp=.d)

# Simple clean target. I don't know if the Linux version is correct but included it anyway
# del "$(OBJDIR)\*.o" "$(DEPDIR)\*.d" "bin\$(PROG).exe"
# not tested unix command
.PHONY: clean
clean:
	del $(OBJDIR)\*.o
	del $(DEPDIR)\*.d
	del bin\$(PROG).exe