Makefile template for a simple C project

Makefile

NAME := $(patsubst %.c,%,$(wildcard *.c))
CC := gcc -std=c89
CFLAGS = -pedantic -Wall \
-Wno-missing-braces -Wextra -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wformat=2 \
-Wswitch-default -Wswitch-enum -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith \
-Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-overflow=5 -Wstrict-prototypes -Winline \
-Wundef -Wnested-externs -Wcast-qual -Wshadow -Wunreachable-code \
-Wlogical-op -Wfloat-equal -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wredundant-decls \
-Wold-style-definition -Werror \
-ggdb3 \
-O0 \
-fno-omit-frame-pointer -ffloat-store -fno-common -fstrict-aliasing \
-lm


.PHONY: clean check-syntax

# Recommended gcc warning options for C, from:
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/1667114
%-debug: %.c
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ 

%: %.c
	$(CC) -pedantic -O3 -DNDEBUG -flto -o $@ $^ 


check-syntax:
	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CHK_SOURCES)


clean:
	rm ./$(NAME) ./$(NAME)-debug -f

# $@ - current target
# $* '%'-part (works if there *is* '%' in specification)
# $< first dependence
# $^ all dependencies (without duplicates)