Comment by carlsmedstad

17 days ago

This line of thinking inspired me to write mkincl [0] which makes Makefiles composable and reusable across projects. We're a couple of years into adoption at work and it's proven to be both intuitive and flexible.

[0]: https://github.com/mkincl/mkincl

I think the README would be better with a clearer, up-front explanation of what this builds on top of using `make` directly.

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  • Because, in 2026, most build tools still aren't really all that good when it comes to integrating all the steps needed to build applications with non-trivial build requirements.

    And, many of them lack some of the basic features that 'make' has had for half a century.