Deep Dive Make¶

Deep Dive Make teaches GNU Make as a truthful build-graph engine rather than a bag of recipes. It is the entry point when your problem is rebuild truth, publication safety, parallel correctness, or build-system governance.

Page Maps¶

graph LR
  family["Reproducible Research"]
  program["Deep Dive Make"]
  course["Course home"]
  capstone["Capstone guide"]

  family --> program --> course
  course --> capstone

flowchart LR
  overview["Read this overview"] --> start["Open Start Here or Course Home"]
  start --> module["Study the relevant module or support page"]
  module --> capstone["Inspect the capstone and selftest route"]
  capstone --> compare["Return here when switching to another program"]

What This Program Covers¶

truthful dependency graphs and rebuild semantics
atomic publication and safe generated-file boundaries
serial and parallel equivalence as a correctness rule
reusable build architecture and operational runbooks

Local Catalog Route¶

Course home: Program guide
Learner entry: Start Here
Pressure routes: Pressure Routes
Promise review: Module Promise Map
Capstone guide: Capstone README

Local Commands¶

make PROGRAM=reproducible-research/deep-dive-make docs-serve
make PROGRAM=reproducible-research/deep-dive-make capstone-walkthrough
make PROGRAM=reproducible-research/deep-dive-make inspect
make PROGRAM=reproducible-research/deep-dive-make test
make PROGRAM=reproducible-research/deep-dive-make proof

Honesty Boundary¶

This program is not a syntax quickstart. It is for readers who want evidence for why a Makefile rebuilds, why a build is safe under -j, and where a public target boundary belongs.