From 44dbf7813a028cf2c4a229f17636d39280f4e48f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colton Staiduhar <colton@staiduhar.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:53:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Better Build Script

---
 .gitignore |  1 +
 Makefile   | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ec6e3b..62f0fba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 netpong
 netpong.dSYM/
 netpong.c
+build/*
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e32025..a965a41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
 # Compiler and flags
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -Wall -g
-
-NETPONG_SRC = main.c $(wildcard src/*.c) $(wildcard src/network/*.c)
-
 LIBS = -lncurses
 
+# Source files
+NETPONG_SRC = main.c $(wildcard src/*.c) $(wildcard src/network/*.c)
 
-# Object files
-NETPONG_OBJ = $(NETPONG_SRC:.c=.o)
+# Object files in build/
+NETPONG_OBJ = $(patsubst %.c,build/%.o,$(NETPONG_SRC))
 
 # Default target
 all: netpong
 
-# Build NetPong
+# Link
 netpong: $(NETPONG_OBJ)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o netpong $(NETPONG_OBJ) $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(NETPONG_OBJ) $(LIBS)
 
-# Generic compile rule
-%.o: %.c smsh.h varlib.h
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
+# Compile rule (FULL PATH match)
+build/%.o: %.c
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-# Clean up
+# Clean
 clean:
-	rm -f *.o netpong network/*.o
+	rm -rf build netpong
 
+# Run targets
 Server:
-	./netpong
+	./netpong 2001
 
 Client:
-	./netpong -c 127.0.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+	./netpong 127.0.0.1 2001
\ No newline at end of file