From 6b0ced7200b380cc05b8bed2c2da324dc6bb4442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Willemse
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:33:44 -0700
Subject: macos: Add alias for make

I'm getting tired of having to type gmake all the time.
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 _mbsetupuser/Brewfile.org | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/_mbsetupuser/Brewfile.org b/_mbsetupuser/Brewfile.org
index 5766489..9d63df5 100644
--- a/_mbsetupuser/Brewfile.org
+++ b/_mbsetupuser/Brewfile.org
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Then I need some things for configuration and development purposes:
 #+begin_src ruby
   brew "git"
   brew "stow"
-  brew "make"
   cask "tailscale-app"
   cask "hammerspoon"
   brew "fennel"
@@ -49,6 +48,18 @@ Then I need some things for configuration and development purposes:
   cask "bettercmdtab"
 #+end_src
 
+Install make because the bundled version is really old and doesn't support some of the features that I used. Surprisingly it /is/ GNU make, not BSD make that's installed.
+
+#+begin_src ruby
+  brew "make"
+#+end_src
+
+This requires an alias in ZSH to make sure that the newly installed make is actually used.
+
+#+begin_src sh :tangle .config/zsh/conf.d/macos.sh
+  alias make=gmake
+#+end_src
+
 And there are some development projects that I need to be able to install.
 
 - docker :: This runs all of my development projects.
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