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Ash-Make

Ash-Make is an Ash module that allows users to create files similar to classic Makefiles but are written like traditional script files. Ash-Make files can also leverage powerful dependency management from the Ash core.

Getting started

You're going to have to install Ash to use this module.

After you have Ash installed, run either one of these two commands depending on your git clone preference:

• ash apm:install https://github.com/ash-shell/ash-make.git --global
• ash apm:install git@github.com:ash-shell/ash-make.git --global

How to use Ash-Make

Initializing a Directory

If this is your first time using Ash-Make, run ash make:init in your application's directory. This will create an ash_make.sh file that's already been stubbed out to get you started.

If you've already used Ash-Make, and don't need a template, you're totally free to just create an ash_make.sh file.

The ash_make.sh File

After running ash make:init you'll find a file that looks like this:

#!/bin/bash

##################################################
# This command is executed when calling either
# 'ash make:exec main' or simply 'ash make'
##################################################
Command__main() {
    Logger__warning "TODO: Implement main command in ash_make.sh"
}

##################################################
# This command is executed when calling
# 'ash make:exec other'
##################################################
Command__other() {
    helper_function
}

##################################################
# This is a helper function, and cannot be
# called directly via the command line
##################################################
helper_function() {
    Logger__log "Helper function called!"
}

This file contains both commands, and normal helper functions.

Commands

Commands are prefixed with Command__ (two underscores). These are the functions that can be executed directly via Ash-Make.

For example, if you would like to execute Command__other, you would run ash make:exec other.

The same is true for Command__main, although ash make:exec main is simply aliased to ash make.

It's also worth noting that these commands are simple bash functions, and can be called via other commands/helper functions.

Helper functions

Helper functions are simply any function in the ash_make.sh file that are not prefixed by Command__.

Just like commands, these are also simple bash functions, and can be called via other commands/helper functions.

License

MIT