Smart Makefiles

Makefiles for auto-building single-target C/C++ projects. Drop it in your project and never worry about build dependencies again!

Features

• Set your executable name and source directory. That's all.
• No need to track dependencies in the Makefile.
• Incremental compilation works with source and header file changes.
• Compile C++, C, or mixed projects.
• Compile and link options are easily configurable.
• Compact and clean.

Requirements

Makefile requires GNU Make and the GCC toolchain (or any other that supports -M-like dependency generation). It may be possible to use Makefile in other environments with little or no modificaiton.

Versions

• Makefile_plain is the basic version which is simple and extremely compact.
• Makefile_gtest adds support for unit testing with the googletest framework (recommended).

Usage

Add Makefile_gtest (or Makefile_plain) to your project and rename it to Makefile. Change PROGRAM_NAME and SRC_BASE to match your project. Optionally adjust the settings in the "Compilation and linking" section to match your needs.