make-server

Make server that runs in background for configured projects and periodically builds them (i.e.: executes make) catching their outputs and exposing them interactively via zmake command.

If your project's build is started earlier in the background, zmake will show and follow its output. If it finished, it'll show its output without blocking of terminal. You can also request last log of given type, i.e.:

• last successful, non-null build: zmake -c/--clean,
• last null build (no actions taken by the Makefile/make): zmake -n/--null,
• last warning-only build: zmake -w/--warn,
• last error build: zmake -e/--err.

make-server remembers last log output for each o the kinds above.

Log files

make-server outputs messages that are forwarded to two different locations:

• ~/.cache/makesrv/make.log,
• {path to the plugin directory}/make.log.

If you run the make-server command manually, the logs go to the standard output.

TL;DR Documentation

• zmake - tool to interface with the background service,
• make-server - the background build service.

You can use Zinit's service feature to run exaclty one copy of the build service process (see next section) or run it yourself simply via ./make-server.

zinit

A service-plugin (i.e.: the file make.service.zsh) can use a plugin manager that supports loading single plugin instance per all active Zsh sessions, in background. For example, Zinit supports this, add:

zinit lucid service'make' param'MSERV_CONF_DIRS→~/Dokumenty/neo-mc:~/github/tig;
        MSERV_CONF_SETUP_ALIAS→1; MSERV_CONF_INTERVAL→10' for \
            zservices/make-server

to ~/.zshrc to have make-server automatically run in background in one of your zsh sessions, with make aliased to zmake to little help with muscle memory, with 10 seconds between each build.

Explanation of Zsh-spawned services

First Zsh instance that will gain a lock will spawn the service. Other Zsh instances will wait. When you close the initial Zsh session, another Zsh will gain lock and resume the service.