Maek is like make, but a bit mixed up.
Maek is a lightweight build system as a single javascript file. It is:
- Transparent: everything is in one file and uses only standard node modules. You control exactly what maek does. No spooky action-at-a-distance or system package databases.
- Explicit: prints the commands it runs and tells you why it runs them.
- Parallel: runs many jobs at once.
- Incremental: uses content hashes to decide which tasks to run.
- Extensible: it's one javascript file. Hack it to add more!
- Readable: the file tells you how to use it. Just open it in a text editor.
Maek is proudly not enterprise-grade software. It's meant for independent hackers and small teams who are fed up with features, fine with hacks, and just want make but cross-platform and less error-prone.
To use Maek in your project, copy Maekfile.js from this repository into your project, then edit the file to customize the tasks and build rules.
Build the default target:
$ node Maekfile.js
Build some specific targets:
$ node Maekfile.js objs/Game.o :test
The script update-Maekfile.js can be used to replace the "build engine" part of a Maekfile.js:
$ node update-Maekfile.js ~/my-project/Maekfile.js
(It just divides Maekfile.js at //===...=== lines and pastes the middle section from the target file.)