From 66195c0313c3469a40625c5aba9ef0f334977c07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Frojdh <erik.frojdh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 14:20:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added top level makefile for simpler dev

---
 Makefile  | 10 ++++++++++
 README.md |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dfadf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+default: ext
+
+ext: ## [DEFAULT] build c extension in place
+	python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+
+clean: ## Remove the build folder and the shared library
+	rm -rf build/ creader.cpython*
+
+help: # from compiler explorer
+	@grep -E '^[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8aa90f8..0886014 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ Useful links:
 
 ### Build instructions
 
+**Simplified build using make** 
+```bash
+make #build c extension inplace
+```
+
+**Manual build**
 ```bash
 
 #build in place and use from the same folder