zsh function to recursively ascend the path tree until we hit root or find a makefile, then make

makeup.sh

# zsh function to recursively ascend the path tree until we hit root or find a makefile, then make
function makeup() 
{
  if ([[ $PWD == "/" ]] || [[ -f Makefile ]] || [[ -f makefile ]] ) ; then
    make $*
  else
    (pushd .. >/dev/null ; makeup $*) 
  fi  
}