gnumake

cross platform gnu make for nodejs

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Features

• supports windows
• supports osx
• supports linux

Installation

npm install --save-dev gnumake

Dependencies

• NodeJS

Usage

1. Create a Makefile

   You must include node_modules/gnumake/gnumake.mk.

   Makefile

   include node_modules/gnumake/gnumake.mk
   
   .PHONY: build
   build: lib
   lib:
   	-@$(RM) -rf lib || $(TRUE)
   	@babel src -d lib

2. Reference Makefile from npm scripts

   package.json

     "scripts": {
       "build": "make -s build"
     }

Cross Platform Commands

The following commands should be referenced from make variables instead of the raw unix commands for cross platform suport on linux, osx and windows.

unix command	make variable	example
/dev/null	$(NULL)	echo hello >$(NULL)
cat	$(CAT)	$(CAT) hello.txt
chmod	$(CHMOD)	$(CHMOD) hello.txt
cd	$(CD)	$(CD) hello
cp	$(CP)	$(CP) -r hello world
false	$(FALSE)	echo fail && $(FALSE)
find	$(FIND)	$(FIND) *.txt
grep	$(GREP)	$(GREP) ".+\.txt$"
git	$(GIT)	$(GIT) ls-files
ln	$(LN)	$(LN) -s hello.txt world.txt
ls	$(LS)	$(LS) -a
make	$(MAKE)	$(MAKE) -s hello
mkdir -p	$(MKDIRP)	$(MKDIRP) hello/world
mv	$(MV)	$(MV) hello world
npm	$(NPM)	$(NPM) install
pwd	$(PWD)	$(PWD)
rm	$(RM)	$(RM) -rf hello
sed	$(SED)	$(SED) -i "s/hello/world/g" hello.txt
tail	$(TAIL)	$(TAIL) -f hello.log
touch	$(TOUCH)	$(TOUCH) hello.txt
true	$(TRUE)	echo success && $(TRUE)

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Contributing

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License

MIT License

Jam Risser © 2020

Changelog

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Credits

• Jam Risser - Author