Shortcut for building catkin workspace from anywhere within the workspace (ROS)

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Use catkin_make from anywhere in a workspace.
# Ascends from current directory until a catkin workspace root is reached,
# and invokes catkin_make.
# [email protected]

set -e
set -u

while [ ! \( -e src -a -L src/CMakeLists.txt \) -a "$(pwd)" != "/" ] ; do
  cd ..
done

if [ "$(pwd)" = "/" ]; then
  echo "Not in catkin workspace" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

catkin_make $*