How to define global shell functions in a Makefile?

Question

I want to define a shell function

#!/bin/sh

test ()
{
  do_some_complicated_tests $1 $2;
  if something; then
    build_thisway $1 $2;
  else
    build_otherway         


        

Answer 1

This is really ghetto, but whatever. I use zsh, but I'm sure there are bash and sh equivalents.

Makefile:

export ZDOTDIR := ./

SHELL := /usr/bin/env zsh

default:
    f

.zshenv, same directory as Makefile:

f () { echo 'CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME FUNCTION!' }

The ZDOTDIR variable makes zsh look in the current directory for dotfiles. Then you just stick what you want in .zshenv.

$ make
f
CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME FUNCTION!