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+# brlib Makefile - GNU make only
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Bruno Raoult ("br")
+# Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
+# Some rights reserved. See COPYING.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this
+# program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html>.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-or-later.html>
+#
+
+# important to know where exactly is project root dir
+ROOTDIR   := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
+
+SHELL     := /bin/bash
+CC        := gcc
+LD        := ld
+BEAR      := bear
+TOUCH     := touch
+RM        := rm
+RMDIR     := rmdir
+
+SRCDIR    := ./src
+INCDIR    := ./include
+OBJDIR    := ./obj
+LIBDIR    := ./lib
+BINDIR    := ./bin
+DEPDIR    := ./dep
+
+SRC       := $(wildcard $(SRCDIR)/*.c)                      # brlib sources
+SRC_FN    := $(notdir $(SRC))                               # source basename
+OBJ       := $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(SRC_FN:.c=.o))
+
+LIB       := br_$(shell uname -m)                           # library name
+SLIB      := $(addsuffix .a, $(LIBDIR)/lib$(LIB))           # static lib
+DLIB      := $(addsuffix .so, $(LIBDIR)/lib$(LIB))          # dynamic lib
+
+DEP_FN    := $(SRC_FN) $(LIBSRC_FN)
+DEP       := $(addprefix $(DEPDIR)/,$(DEP_FN:.c=.d))
+
+##################################### emacs projectile/ccls
+PRJROOT   := .projectile
+CCLSROOT  := .ccls-root
+CCLSCMDS  := compile_commands.json
+
+##################################### pre-processor flags
+CPPFLAGS  := -I$(INCDIR)
+#CPPFLAGS  += -DDEBUG                                       # global
+CPPFLAGS  += -DDEBUG_DEBUG                                  # enable log() functions
+#CPPFLAGS  += -DDEBUG_DEBUG_C                               # log() funcs debug
+PPFLAGS   += -DDEBUG_DEBUG                                  # activate logs funcs
+CPPFLAGS  += -DDEBUG_POOL                                   # mem pools
+
+# remove extraneous spaces (due to spaces before comments)
+CPPFLAGS  := $(strip $(CPPFLAGS))
+
+##################################### compiler flags
+CFLAGS    := -std=gnu11
+CFLAGS    += -O2
+CFLAGS    += -g
+CFLAGS    += -Wall
+CFLAGS    += -Wextra
+CFLAGS    += -march=native
+CFLAGS    += -Wmissing-declarations
+CFLAGS    += -Wno-unused-result
+CFLAGS    += -fPIC
+# for gprof
+#CFLAGS    += -pg
+# Next one may be useful for valgrind (some invalid instructions)
+# CFLAGS   += -mno-tbm
+
+CFLAGS    := $(strip $(CFLAGS))
+
+##################################### archiver/linker/dependency flags
+ARFLAGS   := rcs
+LDFLAGS   := -L$(LIBDIR)
+DEPFLAGS   = -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.d
+
+##################################### General targets
+.PHONY: all compile clean cleanall
+
+all: libs
+
+compile: objs
+
+clean: cleandep cleanobj cleanlib cleanbin
+
+cleanall: clean cleandepdir cleanobjdir cleanlibdir cleanbindir
+
+# setup emacs projectile/ccls
+emacs: emacs-setup
+# update compile-commands.json
+ccls: $(CCLSCMDS)
+
+##################################### cleaning functions
+# rmfiles - deletes a list of files in a directory if they exist.
+# $(1): the directory
+# $(2): the list of files to delete
+# $(3): The string to include in action output - "cleaning X files."
+# see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6783243/functions-in-makefiles
+#
+# Don't use wildcard like "$(DIR)/*.o", so we can control mismatches between
+# list and actual files in directory.
+# See rmdir below.
+define rmfiles
+	@#echo "rmfiles=+$(1)+"
+	$(eval $@_EXIST = $(wildcard $(1)))
+	@#echo "existfile=+${$@_EXIST}+"
+	@if [[ -n "${$@_EXIST}" ]]; then         \
+		echo "cleaning $(2) files." ;    \
+		$(RM) ${$@_EXIST} ;              \
+	fi
+endef
+
+# rmdir - deletes a directory if it exists.
+# $(1): the directory
+# $(2): The string to include in action output - "removing X dir."
+#
+# Don't use $(RM) -rf, to control unexpected dep files.
+# See rmfile above.
+define rmdir
+	@#echo "rmdir +$(1)+"
+	$(eval $@_EXIST = $(wildcard $(1)))
+	@#echo "existdir=+${$@_EXIST}+"
+	@if [[ -n "${$@_EXIST}" ]]; then         \
+		echo "removing $(2) dir." ;      \
+		$(RMDIR) ${$@_EXIST} ;           \
+	fi
+endef
+
+##################################### dirs creation
+.PHONY: alldirs
+
+ALLDIRS   := $(DEPDIR) $(OBJDIR) $(LIBDIR) $(BINDIR)
+
+alldirs: $(ALLDIRS)
+
+# Here, we have something like:
+# a: a
+# a will be built if (1) older than a, or (2) does not exist. Here only (2).
+$(ALLDIRS): $@
+	@echo creating $@ directory.
+	@mkdir -p $@
+
+##################################### Dependencies files
+.PHONY: cleandep cleandepdir
+
+-include $(wildcard $(DEP))
+
+# Don't use $(DEPDIR)/*.d, to control mismatches between dep and src files.
+# See second rule below.
+cleandep:
+	$(call rmfiles,$(DEP),depend)
+	@#echo cleaning dependency files.
+	@#$(RM) -f $(DEP)
+
+cleandepdir:
+	$(call rmdir,$(DEPDIR),depend)
+	@#[ -d $(DEPDIR) ] && echo cleaning depend files && $(RM) -f $(DEP) || true
+
+##################################### objects
+.PHONY: objs cleanobj cleanobjdir
+
+objs: $(OBJ)
+
+cleanobj:
+	$(call rmfiles,$(OBJ),brlib object)
+
+cleanobjdir:
+	$(call rmdir,$(OBJDIR),brlib objects)
+
+$(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.c | $(OBJDIR) $(DEPDIR)
+	@echo compiling $< "->" $@.
+	$(CC) -c $(DEPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+##################################### brlib libraries
+.PHONY: libs cleanlib cleanlibdir
+
+libs: $(DLIB) $(SLIB)
+
+cleanlib:
+	$(call rmfiles,$(DLIB) $(SLIB),library)
+
+cleanlibdir:
+	$(call rmdir,$(LIBDIR),libraries)
+
+#$(DLIB): CFLAGS += -fPIC
+$(DLIB): LDFLAGS += -shared
+$(DLIB): $(OBJ) | $(LIBDIR)
+	@echo "building $@ shared library ($?)."
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $? -o $@
+
+$(SLIB): $(OBJ) | $(LIBDIR)
+	@echo "building $@ static library ($?)."
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $? > /dev/null
+
+##################################### brchess binaries
+.PHONY: targets cleanbin cleanbindir
+
+targets: $(TARGET)
+
+cleanbin:
+	$(call rmfiles,$(TARGET),binary)
+
+cleanbindir:
+	$(call rmdir,$(BINDIR),binaries)
+
+##################################### pre-processed (.i) and assembler (.s) output
+%.i: %.c
+	@echo generating $@
+	@$(CC) -E $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+%.s: %.c
+	@echo generating $@
+	@$(CC) -S -fverbose-asm $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+##################################### LSP (ccls)
+.PHONY: emacs-setup
+
+PRJROOT   := .projectile
+CCLSROOT  := .ccls-root
+CCLSFILE  := .ccls
+CCLSCMDS  := compile_commands.json
+
+emacs-setup: $(PRJROOT) $(CCLSROOT) $(CCLSCMDS)
+
+#$(CCLSFILE):
+#	@echo "creating CCLS's $@ project root file."
+#	echo '%compile_commands.json' > $@
+
+$(CCLSROOT) $(PRJROOT):
+	@if [[ $(@) = $(PRJROOT) ]] ;                           \
+	then                                                    \
+		echo "creating Emacs's projectile root file." ; \
+	else                                                    \
+		echo "creating Emacs's ccls root file." ;       \
+	fi
+	@$(TOUCH) $@
+
+# generate compile_commands.json.
+# TODO: add includes and Makefile dependencies.
+# also, if cclsfile is newer than sources, no need to clean objects file
+# (and to run bear).
+# maybe run cleanobj cleanlibobj in commands ?
+$(CCLSCMDS): cleanobj $(SRC) | $(CCLSROOT)
+	@echo "Generating ccls compile commands file ($@)."
+	@$(BEAR) -- make compile
+
+#.PHONY: bear
+#bear: cleanobj cleanlibobj Makefile | $(CCLSROOT)
+#    @$(BEAR) -- make compile
+
+##################################### valgrind (mem check)
+.PHONY: memcheck
+
+VALGRIND      := valgrind
+VALGRINDFLAGS := --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all
+VALGRINDFLAGS += --track-origins=yes --sigill-diagnostics=yes
+VALGRINDFLAGS += --quiet --show-error-list=yes
+VALGRINDFLAGS += --log-file=valgrind.out
+# We need to suppress libreadline leaks here. See :
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72840015
+VALGRINDFLAGS += --suppressions=etc/libreadline.supp
+
+memcheck: targets
+	@$(VALGRIND) $(VALGRINDFLAGS) $(BINDIR)/brchess
+
+##################################### Makefile debug
+.PHONY: showflags wft
+
+showflags:
+	@echo CFLAGS: "$(CFLAGS)"
+	@echo CPPFLAGS: $(CPPFLAGS)
+	@echo DEPFLAGS: $(DEPFLAGS)
+	@echo LDFLAGS: $(LDFLAGS)
+
+wtf:
+	@printf "ROOTDIR=+%s+\n\n" "$(ROOTDIR)"
+	@printf "OBJDIR=%s\n\n" "$(OBJDIR)"
+	@printf "OBJ=%s\n\n" "$(OBJ)"