modified how dist is build; changed .gitignore hierarchy

there is now a toplevel makefile for making dist, so that we can keep
the project build systems separate (in src and contrib/UI*), and then
build dist from the root dir

.gitignore

@@ -1,10 +1,2 @@
-*~
-*.swp
-
-*.eep
-*.elf
-*.hex
-*.map
-*.o
-*.o.dep
+*.zip
 

makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# makefile for the ergoDOX project
+#
+# This should produce a single file (probably in an archive format) for
+# distribution, containing everything people will need to use the software.
+#
+# AVAILABILITY:  This is unabashedly dependant on various Unix commands, and
+# therefore probably won't work in a Windows environment.  I'm sorry.  I don't
+# know a good portable way to write it.
+#
+# TODO:
+# - include doc files (and maybe render them in html)
+# - include the UI stuff (once it's done)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Ben Blazak <benblazak.dev@gmail.com>
+# Released under The MIT License (MIT) (see "license.md")
+# Project located at <https://github.com/benblazak/ergodox-firmware>
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+# the base name of the file or package to distribute
+NAME := ergodox-firmware
+# the branch of the git repo we're currently on
+BRANCH := $(shell git branch -l | grep '*' | cut -c 3-)
+# a version identifier
+VERSION := $(shell date +'%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')
+
+# name to use for the final distribution file or package
+TARGET = $(NAME)--$(BRANCH)--$(VERSION)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.PHONY: all clean dist
+
+all: dist
+
+clean:
+	git clean -dX  # remove ignored files and directories
+
+dist: src contrib/UI
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.PHONY: src contrib/UI
+
+src:
+	cd src; $(MAKE) all
+	zip '$(TARGET)' src/*.hex src/*.elf src/*.map
+
+contrib/UI:
+	# nothing yet
+

src/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+*.eep
+*.elf
+*.hex
+*.map
+*.o
+*.o.dep
+

src/makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# makefile for the ergoDOX project
+# makefile for the ergoDOX firmware
 #
 # - .h file dependencies are automatically generated
 #
@@ -122,17 +122,7 @@ all: $(TARGET).hex $(TARGET).eep
 clean:
 	@echo
 	@echo --- cleaning ---
-	cd .. ; git clean -dX  # remove ignored files and directories
-
-# availability: linux
-dist: clean all
-	name='ergodox-firmware'; \
-	branch='$(shell git branch -l | grep '*' | cut -c 3-)'; \
-	date='$(shell date +'%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')'; \
-	\
-	zip "$$name--$$branch--$$date.zip" "$(TARGET).hex" "$(TARGET).map"; \
-	\
-	make clean
+	git clean -dX  # remove ignored files and directories
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------