Generate dependency file (recompile source files when header files are modified)

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp b/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp
index 6d871fd..530dffe 100644
--- a/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp
+++ b/backend/ninja/Ninja.cpp
@@ -119,26 +119,7 @@ namespace backend
         }
         return result;
     }
-
-    string getCompileWithoutLinkingFlag(Compiler compiler)
-    {
-        string result;
-        switch (compiler)
-        {
-            case Compiler::GCC:
-            {
-                result = "-c";
-                break;
-            }
-            case Compiler::MSVC:
-            {
-                result = "/c";
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
+    
     string getObjectFileNameFlag(Compiler compiler, const string &objectFileName)
     {
         string result;
@@ -496,12 +477,15 @@ namespace backend
                     case Compiler::GCC:
                     {
                         result += "rule cpp_COMPILER\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache c++ $ARGS -c $in -o $out\n\n";
 
                         result += "rule cpp_BUILD_EXEC\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache c++ $ARGS -o $out $in $LINK_ARGS $aliasing\n\n";
                         
                         result += "rule c_COMPILER\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache cc $ARGS -c $in -o $out\n\n";
                         break;
                     }
@@ -529,6 +513,7 @@ namespace backend
                     case Compiler::GCC:
                     {
                         result += "rule cpp_COMPILER\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache c++ $ARGS -c -fPIC $in -o $out\n\n";
 
                         result += "rule cpp_BUILD_STATIC\n";
@@ -538,6 +523,7 @@ namespace backend
                         result += " $in\n\n";
                         
                         result += "rule c_COMPILER\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache cc $ARGS -c -fPIC $in -o $out\n\n";
                         break;
                     }
@@ -565,13 +551,16 @@ namespace backend
                     case Compiler::GCC:
                     {
                         result += "rule cpp_COMPILER\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache c++ $ARGS -c -fPIC $in -o $out\n\n";
 
                         // --whole-archive
                         result += "rule cpp_BUILD_DYNAMIC\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache c++ $in -shared -o $out $LINK_ARGS $aliasing\n\n";
                         
                         result += "rule c_COMPILER\n";
+                        result += "  depfile = $out.d\n";
                         result += "  command = ccache cc $ARGS -c -fPIC $in -o $out\n\n";
                         break;
                     }
@@ -690,7 +679,9 @@ namespace backend
                 case Compiler::GCC:
                 {
                     // -Werror
-                    result += " '-I" + config.getPackageName() + "@exe' " + cflags + " '-I..' -Wall -Wextra -Werror=return-type -fdiagnostics-show-option '-fdiagnostics-color=always' '-pipe' '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' '-Winvalid-pch' -fstack-protector " + optimizationFlags;
+                    // TODO: Find equivalent -MMD -MP for other compilers than gcc. MMD is used to create "dependency files" -> if headers are modified then source files will be recompiled
+                    // when compiling next time...
+                    result += " -MMD -MP '-I" + config.getPackageName() + "@exe' " + cflags + " '-I..' -Wall -Wextra -Werror=return-type -fdiagnostics-show-option '-fdiagnostics-color=always' '-pipe' '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' '-Winvalid-pch' -fstack-protector " + optimizationFlags;
                     if(sourceFileLanguage == SourceFileLanguage::CPP)
                     {
                         result += " -fexceptions -Wnon-virtual-dtor";