Makefile

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# PUBLIC MACROS
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# represent sthe folder, relative to the projhect root directory, where to put the pdf and all the metadata generated by latex
BUILD_FOLDER:=build
# represents the software represenitng the latex compiler to use
LATEX_CC:=pdflatex
# the Latex root source code document that will be use as starting point of the latex build process
# The filename is relative to the project root directory
# No ".tex" extension is needed since it will be automatically appended (e.g., `main.tex` should be written as `main`)
MAIN_SRC:=main
# name of the output that will be generated inside BUILD_FOLDER. No extension is needed (e.g., `main.pdf` should be written as `main`)
OUTPUT_NAME:=main
# Additional latex flags that will be used in the build process. Note that -halt-on-error and -output-directory are automatically added
# to the build process
LATEX_FLAGS:=

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# PROTECTED MACROS
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# a semantic version string representing the versioning of the build process
# Follows a quick changelog:
# 1.0 first version
TEMPLATE_VERSION:=1.0
# Some additional regarding the alteration of the build process. Use this to convey to other people your build process customizations
NOTES:=

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# INTERNAL DETAILS
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DEFAULT:="\e[0m"
GREEN:="\e[32m"

.DEFAULT_GOAL:=all

.phony: show-info all clean

show-info:
	@echo "Latex Template version is "$(TEMPLATE_VERSION)
	@echo "Notes from the developer regarding some notoriuos change in this file: "
	@echo $(NOTES)

all: show-info
	@echo "Compiling first time..."
	$(LATEX_CC) -halt-on-error -output-directory=$(BUILD_FOLDER) $(LATEX_FLAGS) $(MAIN_SRC).tex
	@echo "Compiling second time..."
	$(LATEX_CC) -halt-on-error -output-directory=$(BUILD_FOLDER) $(LATEX_FLAGS) $(MAIN_SRC).tex
	if test "$(BUILD_FOLDER)/$(MAIN_SRC).pdf" != "$(BUILD_FOLDER)/$(OUTPUT_NAME).pdf"; then	mv -v $(BUILD_FOLDER)/$(MAIN_SRC).pdf $(BUILD_FOLDER)/$(OUTPUT_NAME).pdf; fi
	@echo $(GREEN)"DONE"$(DEFAULT)
	
clean:
	rm -fv $(BUILD_FOLDER)/*
	@echo $(GREEN)"DONE"$(DEFAULT)