Makefile: autobuild dependency rules

This uses gcc to generate dependency rules for each `.o` file, based on the
corresponding `.c` file, into a new set of `.d` files (which are also defined
to depend on the same set of source files as their `.o` files).

Result:
* all objectfile dependencies are correctly calculated
* only the necessary dependencies are recalculated when a sourcefile is updated

Inspiration for the build rules:
* http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Automatic-Prerequisites
* http://make.paulandlesley.org/autodep.html

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa36ff71ea87ff8c2b9ddadc382e44e02704d32d..1e016e5a7af46cd1542695a8c363d66db6d34c68 100644 (file)
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ cgit
 cgit.conf
 VERSION
 *.o
+*.d

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1950cb2efec549f62463a0c2f6eaf88972d93f8..faf7b98ae8b658af4af1a6b3326f7af6a95ef45f 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ GIT_URL = http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2
 -include cgit.conf
 
 
+#
+# Define a pattern rule for automatic dependency building
+#
+%.d: %.c
+       $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -MM $< | sed -e 's/\($*\)\.o:/\1.o $@:/g' >$@
+
+
 EXTLIBS = git/libgit.a git/xdiff/lib.a -lz -lcrypto
 OBJECTS =
 OBJECTS += cache.o
@@ -61,6 +68,8 @@ cgit: $(OBJECTS)
 
 $(OBJECTS): git/xdiff/lib.a git/libgit.a VERSION
 
+-include $(OBJECTS:.o=.d)
+
 git/xdiff/lib.a: | git
 
 git/libgit.a: | git
@@ -84,7 +93,7 @@ uninstall:
        rm -f $(CGIT_SCRIPT_PATH)/cgit.png
 
 clean:
-       rm -f cgit VERSION *.o
+       rm -f cgit VERSION *.o *.d
        cd git && $(MAKE) clean
 
 distclean: clean