minit

Creates a bare c/c++ project with a Makefile included.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/TheLandfill/minit.git
cd minit
./install.sh

If you want, you can change the name of the command. Read the install.sh script for more info.

Usage

minit project_name executable_name
minit-c project_name executable_name

This command will

• Create a new directory for your project named project_name
• Create subdirectories inside project_name
  • Create bin, where your Makefile and executable will end up
  • Create obj, where your .obj and .d (dependency files) are stored
  • Create src, where you should put your .c/.cpp files.
  • Create includes, where you should put your .h files.
  • Create libs, where you should put external libraries or links to external libraries
• Copy the Makefile you downloaded into the bin folder and change the product name

The make command currently has three targets:

• release
• debug
• clean

If no target is specified, release is assumed. Release and Debug have different flags which can be set manually in the Makefile. Debug will also compile a different program called 'executable_name-debug' so you don't run the wrong program by accident.

minit will work for c++ programs while minit-c will work for c programs.

This project will not initialize a git repository. If you generally want a git repository, create an alias or a script.

Extensions

Right now, the Makefile assumes that you're using g++ and a bunch of flags that you might want to change. If this gets enough interest, I could probably rewrite install.sh to automatically set a compiler. Regardless, you can do it manually by changing the compiler and linker variables in the Makefile.

You can also create other directories and modify your project's Makefile to include/compile them. For instance, I generally create an external_includes directory.

License

This project uses the MIT license.