This is a straightforward Makefile template designed for building C projects using GCC. It is designed to keep things neat by putting object files in a out directory and the finished executable in the root directory.
You can use this template repository as a template by clicking Use this template
and then Create a new repository
, click here to see a tutorial.
Otherwise you can:
Download a zip of this repository by pressing the green Code
button.
or
Clone the github repo and remove the .git
(so you can create your own repository):
On Linux
git clone --depth 1 --no-single-branch https://github.com/Phillezi/C_Makefile_Template.git
cd C_Makefile_Template
rm -rf .git
or you can just get the makefile
wget -O makefile https://github.com/raw/Phillezi/C_Makefile_Template/master/makefile
On Windows,
git clone --depth 1 --no-single-branch https://github.com/Phillezi/C_Makefile_Template.git
cd C_Makefile_Template
del /Q .git
This assumes you are using mingw32.
To build the project, simply run the following command. Since all
is the first target in the Makefile, it will be executed by default. This command compiles all the .c
files in the src
directory into .o
files and then links them to an executable specified in the Makefile (Target).
mingw32-make.exe
To build the project with debug flags, use the debug
target. By default, it includes the -g
flag for debugging information, this lets you debug the executable with programs like GDB.
mingw32-make.exe debug
For a list of available Makefile targets and their descriptions, you can use the help
target.
mingw32-make.exe help
To build the project, simply run the following command. Since all
is the first target in the Makefile, it will be executed by default. This command compiles all the .c
files in the src
directory into .o
files and then links them to an executable specified in the Makefile (Target).
make
To build the project with debug flags, use the debug
target. By default, it includes the -g
flag for debugging information, this lets you debug the executable with programs like GDB.
make debug
For a list of available Makefile targets and their descriptions, you can use the help
target.
make help
Once the program is compiled, the object files will be stored in the out
directory, and the executable will be generated in the root directory (the same directory as the Makefile).
Feel free to modify the Makefile to suit your project's specific requirements.