make-c-cpp

A Makefile for auto-building single-target C/C++ projects.

Features

• Build C++, C, or mixed projects.
• Binaries and shared libraries.
• Compile and link options are easily configurable.
• Automatic dependency discovery, including header files.
• Integrated support for testing with Google's C++ testing framework.
• Integrated support for syntax style checking with Google's cpplint.py.

Requirements

Makefile requires GNU Make, the GCC toolchain, and makes use of several Unix commands. It may be possible to use Makefile in other environments with little or no modification, but it hasn't been tested here!

Binary Build Commands

Command	Description
make all	(default) same as 'make app lint test'
make app	builds the target application
make lint	runs the cpplint syntax checker on all source files
make test	builds the test application
make check	run the test application
make checkm	run the test application with valgrind memory checking
make clean	removes all dependency files, object files, and binaries
make count	reports statistics for lines of code, number of files, and git commits

Library Build Commands

Command	Description
make all	(default) same as 'make libs libd libh lint test'
make libs	builds the static library
make libd	builds the dynamic library
make libh	builds the library include directory
make lint	runs the cpplint syntax checker on all source files
make test	builds the test application
make check	run the test application
make checkm	run the test application with valgrind memory checking
make clean	removes all dependency files, object files, and binaries
make count	reports statistics for lines of code, number of files, and git commits

Excluding Features

If you don't want to use Google's cpplint syntax checker, leave the LINT variable empty or delete the line. If you don't want to use Google's test framework, leave the GTEST_BASE variable empty or delete the line.

Environment Setup

The following commands setup the make environment completely within ~/.makeccpp.

git clone https://github.com/nicmcd/make-c-cpp ~/.makeccpp
cd ~/.makeccpp
make

Example Project

See this example project for a simple example of how to use this make system.