smart-make

An enhanced (smart) make tool based on GNU/Make.

Features:

Multiple TOOL set for different programming language
Simplified makefile (renamed smart) without the needs to write complicated build rules
Easy way to build sub-modules (even different programming languages)
Easy way to maintain library dependencies.

Here is the example smart file:

# Use `PROGRAM` to build a executable
PROGRAM  := example

# Use `SOURCES` to include the sources to be compiled
SOURCES  := main.c

# Use `REQUIRES` to declare dependencies
REQUIRES := libfoo

# Use `SUBDIRS` to build modules in other sub-directories
SUBDIRS  := libfoo

And here is the example library smart file:

# Use LIBRARY to build a library
LIBRARY := libfoo.a

# Use SOURCES to include source files to be compiled
SOURCES := foo.c

# Use `EXPORT.INCLUDES` to tell -I directories for the module `REQUIRES` it.
EXPORT.INCLUDES := $(SRCDIR)

# Use `EXPORT.LOADLIBS` to tell library name for the module `REQUIRES` it.
EXPORT.LOADLIBS := $(SRCDIR)/libfoo.a

Installation

The installation is going to add a new utility /usr/bin/smart. After the installation, please don't remove the cloned smart directory, it's being loaded by /usr/bin/smart on each build. So it's best to clone it in a persistant workspace.

$ git clone https://github.com/smart-make/smart.git
$ cd smart && make
$ sudo make install

Examples

Build a C program

Variables

Module Target Name

PROGRAM
LIBRARY

Source Files and Sub-modules

SOURCES
SRCDIR
MODULES

Compile Flags

CFLAGS
CXXFLAGS

Link Flags

LDFLAGS
LOADLIBS