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authoryenatch <yenatch@gmail.com>2014-07-16 15:28:46 -0700
committeryenatch <yenatch@gmail.com>2014-07-16 15:28:46 -0700
commit8dd46620bc7e17c4c582a391fb95c9e29ef58576 (patch)
tree3b680ad839cffaec0b2979306e402d147e3e8102
parent4ad367ba98b15a8b03d25963cd7b9a8125d2285f (diff)
Add a comment to the "compare" target.
-rw-r--r--Makefile6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37a9ea76..e3616361 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,15 @@ PYTHON := python
# md5sum -c is used to compare rom hashes. The options may vary across platforms.
MD5 := md5sum -c --quiet
+
+
+# The compare target is a shortcut to check that the build matches the original roms exactly.
+# This is for contributors to make sure a change didn't affect the contents of the rom.
+# More thorough comparison can be made by diffing the output of hexdump -C against both roms.
compare:
@$(MD5) roms.md5
+
# Clear the default suffixes.
.SUFFIXES:
.SUFFIXES: .asm .tx .o .gbc .png .2bpp .1bpp .pic