Bake

A simple make-like task runner that uses standard bash syntax. Bake organizes tasks similary to make, but uses regular bash for variables, if statement, and other constructs.

Features

• Standard bash syntax. Why spawn shells on every line of code and add complicated variables when you can just write bash?
• Tasks can have prerequisites, as in make.
• Portable source code, written in bash.
• I am considering adding zsh support in the future.
• Useful features borrowed from rake:
  • List tasks in a Bakefile.
  • Intelligently search for Bakefiles in parent directories when running bake.

Syntax

MESSAGE="Hello, world!"

speak:
  echo $MESSAGE
  echo "It is now `date`"