Is there a smarter alternative to “watch make”?

Question

I ran into this useful tip that if you\'re working on files a lot and you want them to build automatically you run:

watch make

And it re-runs make every couple s

Answer 1

There are several automatic build systems that do this and more - basically when you check a change into version control they will make/build - look for Continuous Integration

Simple ones are TeamCity and Hudson