sample Rakefile for building c++ project / inc lib / .rb extension just for GH to color stuff

Rakefile_for_cpp.rb

require 'rake/clean'

PROG = "foo" 
LIBNAME = PROG
LIBFILE = "lib#{LIBNAME}.a" 

SRC = FileList['**/*.cpp']

OBJDIR = 'obj'
OBJ = SRC.collect { |fn| File.join(OBJDIR, File.basename(fn).ext('o')) }

CLEAN.include(OBJ, OBJDIR, LIBFILE)
CLOBBER.include(PROG)

task :default => [:build, :run]

task :build => [PROG]

task :run => [PROG] do
  sh "./#{PROG}" 
end

file PROG => [LIBFILE] do
  sh "g++ -o #{PROG} -L . -l#{LIBNAME}" 
end

file LIBFILE => OBJ do
  sh "ar cr #{LIBFILE} #{OBJ}" 
  sh "ranlib #{LIBFILE}" 
end

directory OBJDIR

rule '.o' => lambda{ |objfile| find_source(objfile) } do |t|
  Task[OBJDIR].invoke
  sh "g++ -c -o #{t.name} #{t.source}" 
end

def find_source(objfile)
  base = File.basename(objfile, '.o')
  SRC.find { |s| File.basename(s, '.cpp') == base }
end