mk is a command line tool that analyzes the current working dir, tries to find the current build system and runs it.

mk is designed to work without configuration. Just cd to your project directory and type mk. If the build system is supported, it will be detected and run.

• make
• cmake
• cargo
• meson

If you further need to configure mk, you can create a .Mk.yaml file in your project directory. The following options are supported:

• build_system: The name of the build system to use. mk tries to autodetect it.
• default: A list of arguments that are passed to the build system if you don't provide any.
• configure: A list of arguments that are passed to the configure step of the build system. Not all build systems support this.
• build_dir: The directory relative to the project root where the build is configured. Not all build systems support this. Default is build.

Example:

build_system: cmake
default:
  - test
configure:
  - -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
build_dir: /tmp