Make does more work than I could ever wrap my head around,
it can understand prpblems much larger than any human can,
so I still write recipies for it.
StuFeldman invented its algorithm, and it is still a robust thing to do all the time. Maybe your
UnitTests rely on running
make in a certain directory or against a certain target (
i.e. make tests)
The original
MakeAlgorithm appears in a one page
AwkScript in the
AwkBook (Not at hand tonight, page numbers later ~~ 188 )