Sample Makefile for compiling LaTeX-Documents + gitignore

.gitignore

*.pdf

#Backup-Files
*.backup
*~
*.bak

# logfiles
*.aux
*.log
*.out

# Tables
*.toc
*.lot
*.lof

# Bibliography
*.blg
*.bbl

# Glossary
*.glo
*.xdy
*.glg
*.gls
*.ist
*.acn

# Index
*.idx
*.ilg
*.ind

Makefile

NAME=nameOfWork
COMPILER=pdflatex
#adjust the number to your requirement; there's no good solution to reduce the output
COMPARGS=| tail -n -233 | grep -v .pfb
BIBLIO=bibtex
INDEXER=makeindex
GLOSSARY=makeglossaries

all: clean once bib glo idx
	$(COMPILER) $(NAME).tex $(COMPARGS)
	$(INDEXER) $(NAME).idx
	$(COMPILER) $(NAME).tex $(COMPARGS)

once:
	$(COMPILER) $(NAME).tex $(COMPARGS)

# -r to remove also files in subdirectories (helpful when working with multiple tex-files)
clean:
	rm -rf $(NAME).toc $(NAME).lot $(NAME).lof
	rm -rf $(NAME).blg $(NAME).bbl
	rm -rf $(NAME).glo $(NAME).glg $(NAME).gls $(NAME).ist $(NAME).xdy $(NAME).acn
	rm -rf $(NAME).idx $(NAME).ilg $(NAME).ind
	rm -rf *.log *.aux *.out
	rm -rf *~ *.pdf

glo: once
	$(GLOSSARY) $(NAME).glo

idx: once
	$(INDEXER) $(NAME).idx

bib: once
	$(BIBLIO) $(NAME).aux

simple: once bib glo idx
	$(COMPILER) $(NAME).tex $(COMPARGS)