> Say you add a new source file. Wouldn’t it be great if your build system just picked it up? > Alas, it cannot; the list of stuff to build is passed from the

> Say you add a new source file. Wouldn’t it be great if your build system just picked it up? > Alas, it cannot; the list of stuff to build is passed from the meta build system to the build system, usually by fiat. It can, actually. At least for make. Just use a wildcard in uour rules: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Wildcards https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Wildcards I highly recommend going through the make documentation at least once in your career. Per the lindy effect, as it has been around for 40 years, it has a decent chance of sticking around for another 40.