WatchMake

This is a tool which runs make when a file in the current directory is changed.

You can configure it with a file called .watchmakerc in the directory you're running it from.

The file should contain some YAML in the following format:

default_make: # A list ofmake targets to run extensions: # A list of file extensions that should trigger make. If not given, all files trigger make. path: # A list of subdirectories to watch. If not given, all subdirectories under this one are watched.

I wrote this to learn Elixir, and to replace my existing Python script which is quite fiddly.

How to run it

Build a release by running mix release.

Then the folder _build/dev/rel/watchmake contains everything needed to run the program.

Run _build/dev/rel/watchmake/bin/watchmake start to start it.

Press Ctrl+C twice to end it.