Add support for including external makefiles

gsingh93 · gsingh93 · commit 350a98f675d3 · 2024-04-05T13:04:39.000-07:00
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@
 /out
 /.cache
 compile_commands.json
+
+/external/*
+!/external/external.mk
+!/external/README.md
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -439,3 +439,8 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: run-ack
 run-ack: run
+
+EXTERNAL_DIR := $(ROOT_DIR)/external
+ifneq (,$(wildcard $(EXTERNAL_DIR)/external.mk))
+  include $(EXTERNAL_DIR)/external.mk
+endif
diff --git a/external/README.md b/external/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+All files called `rules.mk` contained within subfolders of this directory will
+be sourced at the end of the main `Makefile`. You can use this to add your own
+`make` targets. `rules.mk` will have access to all of the variables defined in
+the main `Makefile`.
diff --git a/external/external.mk b/external/external.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include $(wildcard $(EXTERNAL_DIR)/*/rules.mk)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
	`1`	`+include $(wildcard $(EXTERNAL_DIR)/*/rules.mk)`