+# source
+SOURCE_DIR := src
+TEST_SRC_DIR := tst
+
+# build configurations
+# cover:
+# coverage reporting
+# for use with gcov
+# debug:
+# unoptimized and maximally annotated
+# for use with gdb
+# profile:
+# somewhat optimized and maximally annotated
+# for use with valgrind
+# release:
+# optimized, without debugging instructions and minimally
+# annotated (mainly for stack traces)
+# for use with people
+# tests:
+# same flags as release, but with main replaced by cppunit
+# test runner and tests (from tst dir) built in
+
+COVER_FLAGS = -g -O0 --coverage -I$(SOURCE_DIR) $(TESTFLAGS) -DBLANK_SUFFIX=\".cover\"
+DEBUG_FLAGS = -g3 -O0
+PROFILE_FLAGS = -DNDEBUG -O1 -g3 -DBLANK_PROFILING
+RELEASE_FLAGS = -DNDEBUG -O2 -g1
+TEST_FLAGS = -g -O2 -I$(SOURCE_DIR) $(TESTFLAGS) -DBLANK_SUFFIX=\".test\"
+
+# destination
+COVER_DIR := build/cover
+DEBUG_DIR := build/debug
+PROFILE_DIR := build/profile
+RELEASE_DIR := build/release
+TEST_DIR := build/test
+
+DIR := $(RELEASE_DIR) $(COVER_DIR) $(DEBUG_DIR) $(PROFILE_DIR) $(TEST_DIR) build
+
+ASSET_DIR := assets
+ASSET_DEP := $(ASSET_DIR)/.git
+
+LIB_SRC := $(wildcard $(SOURCE_DIR)/*/*.cpp)
+BIN_SRC := $(wildcard $(SOURCE_DIR)/*.cpp)
+SRC := $(LIB_SRC) $(BIN_SRC)
+TEST_BIN_SRC := $(wildcard $(TEST_SRC_DIR)/*.cpp)
+TEST_LIB_SRC := $(wildcard $(TEST_SRC_DIR)/*/*.cpp)
+TEST_SRC := $(TEST_LIB_SRC) $(TEST_BIN_SRC)
+
+COVER_LIB_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(COVER_DIR)/src/%.o, $(LIB_SRC))
+COVER_TEST_LIB_OBJ := $(patsubst $(TEST_SRC_DIR)/%.cpp, $(COVER_DIR)/%.o, $(TEST_LIB_SRC))
+COVER_OBJ := $(patsubst $(TEST_SRC_DIR)/%.cpp, $(COVER_DIR)/%.o, $(TEST_SRC)) $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(COVER_DIR)/src/%.o, $(LIB_SRC))
+COVER_DEP := $(COVER_OBJ:.o=.d)
+COVER_BIN := blank.cover
+COVER_TEST_BIN := test.cover
+
+DEBUG_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(DEBUG_DIR)/%.o, $(SRC))
+DEBUG_LIB_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(DEBUG_DIR)/%.o, $(LIB_SRC))
+DEBUG_DEP := $(DEBUG_OBJ:.o=.d)
+DEBUG_BIN := blank.debug
+
+PROFILE_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(PROFILE_DIR)/%.o, $(SRC))
+PROFILE_LIB_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(PROFILE_DIR)/%.o, $(LIB_SRC))
+PROFILE_DEP := $(PROFILE_OBJ:.o=.d)
+PROFILE_BIN := blank.profile generate.profile
+
+RELEASE_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(RELEASE_DIR)/%.o, $(SRC))
+RELEASE_LIB_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(RELEASE_DIR)/%.o, $(LIB_SRC))
+RELEASE_DEP := $(RELEASE_OBJ:.o=.d)
+RELEASE_BIN := blank
+
+TEST_LIB_OBJ := $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(TEST_DIR)/src/%.o, $(LIB_SRC))
+TEST_TEST_LIB_OBJ := $(patsubst $(TEST_SRC_DIR)/%.cpp, $(TEST_DIR)/%.o, $(TEST_LIB_SRC))
+TEST_OBJ := $(patsubst $(TEST_SRC_DIR)/%.cpp, $(TEST_DIR)/%.o, $(TEST_SRC)) $(patsubst $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp, $(TEST_DIR)/src/%.o, $(LIB_SRC))
+TEST_DEP := $(TEST_OBJ:.o=.d)
+TEST_BIN := blank.test
+TEST_TEST_BIN := test.test
+
+OBJ := $(COVER_OBJ) $(DEBUG_OBJ) $(PROFILE_OBJ) $(RELEASE_OBJ) $(TEST_OBJ)
+DEP := $(COVER_DEP) $(DEBUG_DEP) $(PROFILE_DEP) $(RELEASE_DEP) $(TEST_DEP)
+BIN := $(COVER_BIN) $(DEBUG_BIN) $(PROFILE_BIN) $(RELEASE_BIN) $(TEST_BIN) $(COVER_TEST_BIN) $(TEST_TEST_BIN)
+
+release: $(RELEASE_BIN)
+
+info:
+ @echo "CXX: $(CXX)"
+ @echo "LDXX: $(LDXX)"
+ @echo
+ @echo "LIBS: $(LIBS)"
+ @echo
+ @echo "CPPFLAGS: $(CPPFLAGS)"
+ @echo "CXXFLAGS: $(CXXFLAGS)"
+ @echo "LDXXFLAGS: $(LDXXFLAGS)"
+ @echo "TESTFLAGS: $(TESTFLAGS)"
+ @echo "TESTLIBS: $(TESTLIBS)"
+ @echo
+ @-lsb_release -a
+ @git --version
+ @g++ --version