just

just is a handy way to save and run project-specific commands.

This readme is also available as a book. The book reflects the latest release, whereas the readme on GitHub reflects latest master.

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Commands, called recipes, are stored in a file called justfile with syntax inspired by make:

You can then run them with just RECIPE:

$ just test-all
cc *.c -o main
./test --all
Yay, all your tests passed!

just has a ton of useful features, and many improvements over make:

• just is a command runner, not a build system, so it avoids much of make's complexity and idiosyncrasies No need for .PHONY recipes!

• Linux, MacOS, Windows, and other reasonable unices are supported with no additional dependencies. (Although if your system doesn't have an sh you'll need to choose a different shell.)

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