How do I start using make in git bash

Question

Straight up new to the whole thing, i need to start using make and I dont know where to type my

make program: main.o funcs.o
    g++ main.o funcs.o -o program

make main.o: main.cpp funcs.h
    g++ -c main.cpp

make funcs.o: funcs.cpp funcs.h
    g++ -c funcs.cpp

How do i create the "makefile" file in my directory, does it have a file extension? Once i create it do i just start typing these in the terminal or do i edit my makefile, is it like a makefile.txt and i edit that to add rules?

I am assuming that you are using windows. You can treat `Makefile` as any other file in the directory. Use your favorite editor to create a file named `Makefile` (no extension like `.txt`). You can edit the file using any editor of your choice; even notepad for that matter. You would find many tutorials and [beginner's guides](https://www.google.com/search?q=writing+your+first+makefile) online for writing makefiles. — anishsane, Oct 16 '19 at 05:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '22 at 16:33

This is totally doable in Git Bash as it is a mingw environment which can run any executable compiled for that - not just git itself.

Here are other tools that can be run - including make: How to add more to Git Bash on Windows

credits to: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66525071/12438919

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '19 at 02:54

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Git Bash contains necessary tools (like core utilities, wget, cURL etc.) for you to use it as a version control environment. It is a stripped down version of MSYS2 and there's no way to extend it.

If you want to do full-fledged development in such an environment, you should look into using MSYS2 as your environment, where you can add packages using pacman command (the same as in Arch Linux / Manjaro). There are build tools like make and GCC, as well as Python and Perl. It's a complete version of development environment (including Git).

https://www.msys2.org/

answered Oct 16 '19 at 02:54

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so is there no way for me to use make in git bash then? – fatlady98 Oct 16 '19 at 03:08
@fatlady98 Unfortunately, no. You can't use Git Bash for anything beyond basic tasks and Git. – iBug Oct 16 '19 at 03:09
This isn't true. All you need is the correct `PATH` environment variable pointing to the correct paths for your development tools. – HackSlash Nov 05 '21 at 16:54

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 16 '19 at 04:37

Instead of git bash, you might consider, if you are with Windows 10, using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

See for instance Using C++ and WSL in VS Code, where, after a sudo apt-get install build-essential gdb, you would get everything you need (make, g++, ...)

How do I start using make in git bash

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