Another vote for Fabricate; here's a comment of mine from a while back explaining in detail why I prefer it (or Tup) to Make. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?

Another vote for Fabricate; here's a comment of mine from a while back explaining in detail why I prefer it (or Tup) to Make. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4190804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4190804 I use it on Windows too with an strace replacement I wrote which isn't online but if anyone's interested then just ask.