Fast build on windows for WSL2

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Fast Build on Windows for WLS2

Credit markentier.tech with their post here!

Setup

1. Install make and rsync
2. Copy the following Makefile into your repo
3. Run make wsl.build

Makefile

# Following this tutorial: https://markentier.tech/posts/2022/01/speedy-rust-builds-under-wsl2/
# This makes developing on windows significantly easier for rust projects!!

SOURCE_DIR = $(PWD)
# `notdir` returns the part after the last `/`
# so if the source was "/some/nested/project", only "project" remains
BUILD_DIR  = ~/tmp/$(notdir $(SOURCE_DIR))

wsl.build: wsl.sync
	cd $(BUILD_DIR) && cargo build
	rsync -av $(BUILD_DIR)/target/debug/ $(SOURCE_DIR)/target/debug/ \
		--exclude .git \
		--exclude target \
		--exclude .fingerprint \
		--exclude build \
		--exclude incremental \
		--exclude deps

wsl.run: wsl.sync
	cd $(BUILD_DIR) && cargo run

wsl.test: wsl.sync
	cd $(BUILD_DIR) && cargo test

wsl.sync:
	mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
	rsync -av $(SOURCE_DIR)/ $(BUILD_DIR)/ --exclude .git --exclude target

wsl.clean:
	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)/target

wsl.clean-all:
	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)

wsl.clippy: wsl.sync
	cd $(BUILD_DIR) && cargo clippy