OctaBuild/README.md

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# octabuild
OctaBuild is a simple build system inspired by Make, but using the Cubescript
language to write build definitions and not depending on a shell to function.
It'll also feature things such as automatic dependency tracking and a large
utility library abstracting away platform differences.
It can be used standalone at this point. Once everything is more done, a library
form will be introduced.
It needs libcubescript to function, which you can fetch at
https://git.octaforge.org/tools/libcubescript.git/ or at
https://github.com/OctaForge/libcubescript.
## Features
* A real scripting language
* Similar to Make in many ways
* Currently manual dependency tracking
* Parallel builds
Upcoming features:
* Automatic dependency tracking
* Shell independence
* Proper argument handling
* Platform related utilities
## Usage
Use the provided script to build OctaBuild itself. You will need libcubescript
and octastd in the right paths (you can adjust these paths within `compile.sh`)
in order to compile it. There is a provided example build script in `example`.
The octabuild binary supports the `-h` option to display help.
## License
See `COPYING.md`.