Autoc - C/C++ style project build tool

Features

• Config file: Uses an autoc.ini file in the project directory to set variables such as compiler flags
• Smart compilation: Only compiles files which have changed since they were last compiled note: this doesnt respect header dependancies

Compilation

• install.sh can be used to compile and install autoc to a specific directory (by default /usr/local/bin)
• There are currently no plans to support platforms other than linux by default, it may take some tweaking to work on other platforms such as windows or macos

Configuration

• autoc.ini is a standard ini file which should look like this:

[general]
src = ./src
bin = ./bin
target = autoc 
ldflags = ; linker flags

[link]
command = gcc %l %o -o %t

[.c]
command = gcc -Wall -c %s -o %o

• The [general] section controls most of the essencials, it is unnecessary as any unrecognised section will be inferred to be [general]
• The [.extension] sections control compilation for specific extensions, by default .c files are compiled using gcc -Wall -c <source> -o <object>
• The command key inserts the source file in %s and the object file in %o
• If there is no command key present for a file format it will be left untouched

.ini parser

• The .ini parser used is inih: https://github.com/benhoyt/inih
• In the future a custom parser will be written to support multiline scripts for compiling more complicated projects

Licencing & contibuting

• If this code results in your computer setting aflame or any other issues you are responsible.
• If you choose to contribute keep the code as simple as possible, don't add unnecessary dependencies.