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+<h1 class="lined-header"><span>Getting started</span></h1>
+
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This chapter explains how to get started using Erlang.mk.</p></div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_creating_a_folder_for_your_project">Creating a folder for your project</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The first step is always to create a new folder that will
+contain your project.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ mkdir hello_joe
+$ cd hello_joe</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Most people tend to put all their projects side by side in
+a common folder. We recommend keeping an organization similar
+to your remote repositories. For example, for GitHub users,
+put all your projects in a common folder with the same name
+as your username. For example <em>$HOME/ninenines/cowboy</em> for
+the Cowboy project.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_downloading_erlang_mk">Downloading Erlang.mk</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>At the time of writing, Erlang.mk is unlikely to be present
+in your Erlang distribution, or even in your OS packages.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The next step is therefore to download it:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ wget https<span style="color: #990000">:</span>//raw<span style="color: #990000">.</span>githubusercontent<span style="color: #990000">.</span>com/ninenines/erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk/master/erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Or:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ curl https<span style="color: #990000">:</span>//raw<span style="color: #990000">.</span>githubusercontent<span style="color: #990000">.</span>com/ninenines/erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk/master/erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Alternatively, just <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ninenines/erlang.mk/master/erlang.mk">click on this link</a>.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Make sure you put the file inside the folder we created previously.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_getting_started_with_otp_applications">Getting started with OTP applications</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>An OTP application is an Erlang application that has a supervision
+tree. In other words, it will always have processes running.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This kind of project can be automatically generated by Erlang.mk.
+All you need to do is use the <code>bootstrap</code> target:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make -f erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk bootstrap</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Something similar to the following snippet will then appear
+on your screen:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>git clone https<span style="color: #990000">:</span>//github<span style="color: #990000">.</span>com/ninenines/erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk <span style="color: #990000">.</span>erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk<span style="color: #990000">.</span>build
+Cloning into <span style="color: #FF0000">'.erlang.mk.build'</span><span style="color: #990000">...</span>
+remote<span style="color: #990000">:</span> Counting objects<span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">4035</span><span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">done</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+remote<span style="color: #990000">:</span> Compressing objects<span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">100</span><span style="color: #990000">%</span> <span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #993399">12</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">12</span><span style="color: #990000">),</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">done</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+remote<span style="color: #990000">:</span> Total <span style="color: #993399">4035</span> <span style="color: #990000">(</span>delta <span style="color: #993399">8</span><span style="color: #990000">),</span> reused <span style="color: #993399">4</span> <span style="color: #990000">(</span>delta <span style="color: #993399">4</span><span style="color: #990000">),</span> pack-reused <span style="color: #993399">4019</span>
+Receiving objects<span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">100</span><span style="color: #990000">%</span> <span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #993399">4035</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">4035</span><span style="color: #990000">),</span> <span style="color: #993399">1.10</span> MiB <span style="color: #990000">|</span> <span style="color: #993399">784.00</span> KiB/s<span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">done</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+Resolving deltas<span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">100</span><span style="color: #990000">%</span> <span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="color: #993399">2442</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">2442</span><span style="color: #990000">),</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">done</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+Checking connectivity<span style="color: #990000">...</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">done</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">if</span></span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span> -f build<span style="color: #990000">.</span>config <span style="color: #990000">];</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">then</span></span> cp build<span style="color: #990000">.</span>config <span style="color: #990000">.</span>erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk<span style="color: #990000">.</span>build<span style="color: #990000">;</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fi</span></span>
+cd <span style="color: #990000">.</span>erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk<span style="color: #990000">.</span>build <span style="color: #990000">&amp;&amp;</span> make
+make<span style="color: #990000">[</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span><span style="color: #990000">]:</span> Entering directory <span style="color: #FF0000">'/home/essen/tmp/hello_joe/.erlang.mk.build'</span>
+awk <span style="color: #FF0000">'FNR==1 &amp;&amp; NR!=1{print ""}1'</span> core/core<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk index<span style="color: #990000">/*.</span>mk core/index<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk core/deps<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/protobuffs<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk core/erlc<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk core/docs<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk core/test<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/asciidoc<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/bootstrap<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/c_src<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/ci<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/ct<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/dialyzer<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/edoc<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/elvis<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/erlydtl<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/escript<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/eunit<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/relx<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/shell<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/triq<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/xref<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk plugins/cover<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk <span style="color: #990000">\</span>
+ <span style="color: #990000">|</span> sed <span style="color: #FF0000">'s/^ERLANG_MK_VERSION = .*/ERLANG_MK_VERSION = 1.2.0-642-gccd2b9f/'</span> <span style="color: #990000">&gt;</span> erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk
+make<span style="color: #990000">[</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span><span style="color: #990000">]:</span> Leaving directory <span style="color: #FF0000">'/home/essen/tmp/hello_joe/.erlang.mk.build'</span>
+cp <span style="color: #990000">.</span>erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk<span style="color: #990000">.</span>build/erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk <span style="color: #990000">.</span>/erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk
+rm -rf <span style="color: #990000">.</span>erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk<span style="color: #990000">.</span>build</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This is Erlang.mk bootstrapping itself. Indeed, the file you
+initially downloaded contains nothing more than the code needed
+to bootstrap. This operation is done only once. Consult the
+<a href="../updating">Updating Erlang.mk</a> chapter for more
+information.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Of course, the generated project can now be compiled:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cheers!</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_getting_started_with_otp_libraries">Getting started with OTP libraries</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>An OTP library is an Erlang application that has no supervision
+tree. In other words, it is nothing but modules.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This kind of project can also be generated by Erlang.mk, using
+the <code>bootstrap-lib</code> target:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make -f erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk bootstrap-lib</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Erlang.mk will once again bootstrap itself and generate all
+the files for your project. You can now compile it:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Enjoy!</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_getting_started_with_otp_releases">Getting started with OTP releases</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>An OTP release is the combination of the Erlang RunTime System (ERTS)
+along with all the libraries and files that your node will need
+to run. It is entirely self contained, and can often be sent as-is
+to your production system and run without any extra setup.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Erlang.mk can of course bootstrap your project to generate releases.
+You can use the <code>bootstrap-rel</code> target for this purpose:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make bootstrap-rel</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This target can be combined with <code>bootstrap</code> or <code>bootstrap-lib</code> to
+create a project that will build a release:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make -f erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk bootstrap-lib bootstrap-rel</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It is often very useful to keep the top-level project for
+commands useful during operations, and put the components
+of the system in separate applications that you will then
+depend on. Consult the <a href="../deps">Packages and dependencies</a>
+chapter for more information.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When you run <code>make</code> from now on, Erlang.mk will compile your
+project and build the release:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make
+ APP hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">.</span>app<span style="color: #990000">.</span>src
+ GEN distclean-relx-rel
+ GEN /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe/relx
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Starting relx build process <span style="color: #990000">...</span>
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Resolving OTP Applications from directories<span style="color: #990000">:</span>
+ /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe/ebin
+ /usr/lib/erlang/lib
+ /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe/deps
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Resolved hello_joe_release-<span style="color: #993399">1</span>
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Including Erts from /usr/lib/erlang
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> release successfully created<span style="color: #990000">!</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The first time you run this command, Erlang.mk will download
+<em>relx</em>, the release building tool. So don&#8217;t worry if you see
+more output than above.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>If building the release is slow, no need to upgrade your
+hardware just yet. Just consult the <a href="../relx">Releases</a>
+chapter for various tips to speed up build time during
+development.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You can start the release using the <em>./_rel/hello_joe_release/bin/hello_joe_release</em>
+script, or simply run <code>make run</code>. The latter will also compile
+your project and build the release if it wasn&#8217;t already:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make run
+ APP hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">.</span>app<span style="color: #990000">.</span>src
+ GEN distclean-relx-rel
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Starting relx build process <span style="color: #990000">...</span>
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Resolving OTP Applications from directories<span style="color: #990000">:</span>
+ /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe/ebin
+ /usr/lib/erlang/lib
+ /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe/deps
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Resolved hello_joe_release-<span style="color: #993399">1</span>
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> Including Erts from /usr/lib/erlang
+<span style="color: #990000">===&gt;</span> release successfully created<span style="color: #990000">!</span>
+Exec<span style="color: #990000">:</span> /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release/erts-<span style="color: #993399">7.0</span>/bin/erlexec -boot /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release/releases<span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>/hello_joe_release -boot_var ERTS_LIB_DIR /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release/erts-<span style="color: #993399">7.0</span><span style="color: #990000">/..</span>/lib -env ERL_LIBS /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release/releases<span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>/lib -config /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release/releases<span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>/sys<span style="color: #990000">.</span>config -args_file /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release/releases<span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>/vm<span style="color: #990000">.</span>args -- console
+Root<span style="color: #990000">:</span> /home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release
+/home/essen/tmp/hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">/</span>_rel/hello_joe_release
+heart_beat_kill_pid <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #993399">16389</span>
+Erlang/OTP <span style="color: #993399">18</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span>erts-<span style="color: #993399">7.0</span><span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">source</span></span><span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span><span style="color: #993399">64</span>-bit<span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span>smp<span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #993399">4</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #993399">4</span><span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span>async-threads<span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #993399">10</span><span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span>hipe<span style="color: #990000">]</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span>kernel-poll<span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">false</span></span><span style="color: #990000">]</span>
+
+Eshell V7<span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span> <span style="color: #990000">(</span>abort with <span style="color: #990000">^</span>G<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
+<span style="color: #990000">(</span>hello_joe@<span style="color: #993399">127.0</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #993399">0.1</span><span style="color: #990000">)</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Simple as that!</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_using_spaces_instead_of_tabs">Using spaces instead of tabs</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Erlang.mk defaults to tabs when creating files from templates.
+This is in part because of a personal preference, and in part
+because it is much easier to convert tabs to spaces than the
+opposite.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Use the <code>SP</code> variable if you prefer spaces. Set it to the number
+of spaces per indentation level you want.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>For example, if you prefer two spaces per indentation level:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make -f erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk bootstrap <span style="color: #009900">SP</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span><span style="color: #993399">2</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When you bootstrap the project initially, the variable automatically
+gets added to the Makefile, so you only need to provide it when
+you get started.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_using_templates">Using templates</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It is no secret that Erlang&#8217;s OTP behaviors tend to have some
+boilerplate. It is rarely an issue of course, except when
+creating new modules. That&#8217;s why Erlang.mk not only comes with
+templates for generating projects, but also individual modules!</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You can list all available templates with the <code>list-templates</code>
+target:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make list-templates
+Available templates<span style="color: #990000">:</span> cowboy_http cowboy_loop cowboy_rest cowboy_ws gen_fsm gen_server ranch_protocol supervisor</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To generate a module, let&#8217;s say a <code>gen_server</code>, all you need to
+do is to call <code>make new</code> with the appropriate arguments:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make new <span style="color: #009900">t</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span>gen_server <span style="color: #009900">n</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span>my_server</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This will create a module located in <em>src/my_server.erl</em>
+using the <code>gen_server</code> template.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This module is automatically compiled the next time you run
+<code>make</code>:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make
+ ERLC my_server<span style="color: #990000">.</span>erl
+ APP hello_joe<span style="color: #990000">.</span>app<span style="color: #990000">.</span>src</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>All that&#8217;s left to do is to open it in your favorite editor
+and make it do something!</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_hiding_erlang_mk_from_git">Hiding Erlang.mk from git</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Erlang.mk is a large text file. It can easily take a large part of
+a <code>git diff</code> or a <code>git grep</code> command. You can avoid this by telling
+Git that <em>erlang.mk</em> is a binary file.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Add this to your <em>.gitattributes</em> file. This is a file that you
+can create at the root of your repository:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre><code>erlang.mk -diff</code></pre>
+</div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <em>erlang.mk</em> file will still appear in diffs and greps, but
+as a binary file, meaning its contents won&#8217;t be shown by default
+anymore.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_getting_help">Getting help</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>During development, if you don&#8217;t remember the name of a target,
+you can always run <code>make help</code>:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>$ make <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">help</span></span>
+erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk <span style="color: #990000">(</span>version <span style="color: #993399">1.2</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>-<span style="color: #993399">642</span>-gccd2b9f<span style="color: #990000">)</span> is distributed under the terms of the ISC License<span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+Copyright <span style="color: #990000">(</span>c<span style="color: #990000">)</span> <span style="color: #993399">2013</span>-<span style="color: #993399">2015</span> Loïc Hoguin <span style="color: #990000">&lt;</span>essen@ninenines<span style="color: #990000">.</span>eu<span style="color: #990000">&gt;</span>
+
+Usage<span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #990000">[</span><span style="color: #009900">V</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span><span style="color: #990000">]</span> make <span style="color: #990000">[</span>target<span style="color: #990000">]...</span>
+
+Core targets<span style="color: #990000">:</span>
+ all Run deps<span style="color: #990000">,</span> app and rel targets <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">in</span></span> that order
+ app Compile the project
+ deps Fetch dependencies <span style="color: #990000">(</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">if</span></span> needed<span style="color: #990000">)</span> and compile them
+ search <span style="color: #009900">q</span><span style="color: #990000">=...</span> Search <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">for</span></span> a package <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">in</span></span> the built-in index
+ rel Build a release <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">for</span></span> this project<span style="color: #990000">,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">if</span></span> applicable
+ docs Build the documentation <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">for</span></span> this project
+ install-docs Install the man pages <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">for</span></span> this project
+ check Compile and run all tests and analysis <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">for</span></span> this project
+ tests Run the tests <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">for</span></span> this project
+ clean Delete temporary and output files from most targets
+ distclean Delete all temporary and output files
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">help</span></span> Display this <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">help</span></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">exit</span></span>
+ erlang-mk Update erlang<span style="color: #990000">.</span>mk to the latest version
+
+Bootstrap targets<span style="color: #990000">:</span>
+ bootstrap Generate a skeleton of an OTP application
+ bootstrap-lib Generate a skeleton of an OTP library
+ bootstrap-rel Generate the files needed to build a release
+ new <span style="color: #009900">t</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span>TPL <span style="color: #009900">n</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span>NAME Generate a module NAME based on the template TPL
+ list-templates List available templates
+<span style="color: #990000">...</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This guide should provide any other answer. If not, please
+open a ticket on <a href="https://github.com/ninenines/erlang.mk/issues">the official repository</a>
+and we will work on improving the guide.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Commercial support is available through Nine Nines. Please contact
+Loïc Hoguin by sending an email to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p></div>
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