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generic c makefile
# Final binary
BIN = $(shell basename $$(pwd))
ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
EXE+=.exe
endif
# Default to build with multiple instances for speed
MAKEFLAGS =+ -j
# VERSION = 0.1
VERSION := $(shell git describe --long --dirty --tags --always 2>/dev/null)
BUILD_DIR = ./build
INCLUDE = -I./source
LIBS = -lm
CC = clang
CFLAGS = -std=c11 -O3 -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wstrict-aliasing -flto -Wfatal-errors
CFLAGS += $(LIBS)
CFLAGS += $(INCLUDE)
CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
CFLAGS += -DBIN=\"${BIN}\"
LDFLAGS =
# List of all .cpp source files.
SRC = $(wildcard source/*.c)
# All .o files go to build dir.
OBJ = $(SRC:%.c=$(BUILD_DIR)/%.o)
# Gcc/Clang will create these .d files containing dependencies.
DEP = $(OBJ:%.o=%.d)
# Default target named after the binary.
$(BIN) : $(BUILD_DIR)/$(BIN)
# Actual target of the binary - depends on all .o files.
$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BIN) : $(OBJ)
# Create build directories - same structure as sources.
mkdir -p $(@D)
# Just link all the object files.
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@
# Include all .d files
-include $(DEP)
# Build target for every single object file.
# The potential dependency on header files is covered
# by calling `-include $(DEP)`.
$(BUILD_DIR)/%.o : %.c
mkdir -p $(@D)
# The -MMD flags additionaly creates a .d file with
# the same name as the .o file.
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MMD -c $< -o $@
.PHONY : clean
clean :
# This should remove all generated files.
-rm $(BUILD_DIR)/$(BIN) $(OBJ) $(DEP)
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