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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More complex build systems are just build.sh calling other build.sh in different configurations and using different software. It's build.sh all the way down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The point is that "build.sh" implies a single file, which becomes an absolute nightmare to maintain on larger projects