diff --git a/example/bar.c b/example/bar.c
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+++ b/example/bar.c
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+#include "bar.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void bar() { printf("bai\n"); }
diff --git a/example/bar.h b/example/bar.h
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+++ b/example/bar.h
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+#ifndef B
+#define B
+#endif
diff --git a/example/cubefile b/example/cubefile
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+++ b/example/cubefile
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+rule all test
+
+OBJ = [test.o foo.o bar.o]
+
+rule test $OBJ [
+    echo " LD" $target
+    shell cc -o $target $sources
+]
+
+rule %.o %.c [
+    echo " CC" $target
+    shell cc -c -o $target $source
+]
+
+rule clean [] [
+    echo " CLEAN" $OBJ test
+    shell rm -f $OBJ test
+]
+
+// dependencies
+
+rule foo.o foo.h
+rule bar.o bar.h
+rule test.o [foo.h bar.h]
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diff --git a/example/foo.c b/example/foo.c
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+++ b/example/foo.c
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+#include "foo.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void foo() { printf("hai\n"); }
diff --git a/example/foo.h b/example/foo.h
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+++ b/example/foo.h
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+#ifndef A
+#define A
+#endif
diff --git a/example/test.c b/example/test.c
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+++ b/example/test.c
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+#include "foo.h"
+#include "bar.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void foo();
+void bar();
+
+int main() {
+    foo();
+    bar();
+    printf("hello world\n");
+    return 0;
+}