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Signed-off-by: Ian Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>

.gitignore

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+*.o
+*.d
+/quip

LICENSE

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+BSD 3-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026, Ian Moffett
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+   this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Makefile

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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2026, Mirocom Laboratories
+# Provided under the BSD-3 clause
+#
+
+CC = clang
+CFLAGS = -Wall -Iinclude/ -pedantic
+
+CFILES = $(shell find core/ -name "*.c")
+CFILES += $(shell find frontend/ -name "*.c")
+OFILES = $(CFILES:.c=.o)
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: quip
+
+.PHONY: quip
+quip: $(OFILES)
+	$(CC) $^ -o $@
+
+%.o: %.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@

READAME.md

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+# The quip build system
+
+Quip is a modern build system for C projects aiming to be as simple as possible while balancing functionality.
+
+## Building
+
+To build quip, simply run ``make``

core/quip.c

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Mirocom Laboratories
+ * Provided under the BSD-3 clause
+ *
+ * Abstract:
+ *      This is the main file implementing early and core logic.
+ * Author:
+ *      Ian M. Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "common/knobs.h"
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if (access(QUIP_FILEPATH, F_OK) != 0) {
+        printf("fatal: No %s file found\n", QUIP_FILEPATH);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}

core/state.c

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Mirocom Laboratories
+ * Provided under the BSD-3 clause
+ *
+ * Abstract:
+ *      This file implements the quip state machine
+ * Author:
+ *      Ian M. Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "common/state.h"
+
+int
+quip_state_init(const char *build_file, struct quip_state *state)
+{
+    if (build_file == NULL || state == NULL) {
+        errno = -EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+
+    memset(state, 0, sizeof(*state));
+    state->line_num = 1;
+    state->in_fd = open(build_file, O_RDONLY);
+
+    if (state->in_fd < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void
+quip_state_destroy(struct quip_state *state)
+{
+    if (state == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    close(state->in_fd);
+    state->in_fd = -1;
+}

include/common/knobs.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Mirocom Laboratories
+ * Provided under the BSD-3 clause
+ *
+ * Abstract:
+ *      This header defines settings related to quips operation.
+ * Author:
+ *      Ian M. Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_KNOBS_H
+#define COMMON_KNOBS_H 1
+
+#define QUIP_VERSION "0.0.1"
+#define QUIP_FILEPATH "build.quip"
+
+#endif  /* !_COMMON_KNOBS_H_ */

include/common/state.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, Mirocom Laboratories
+ * Provided under the BSD-3 clause
+ *
+ * Abstract:
+ *      This header defines the quip state machine
+ * Author:
+ *      Ian M. Moffett <ian@mirocom.org>
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_STATE_H
+#define COMMON_STATE_H 1
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/*
+ * Represents the build state machine
+ *
+ * @in_fd:      Input file descriptor of build  file
+ * @line_num:   Current line number
+ */
+struct quip_state {
+    int in_fd;
+    size_t line_num;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the quip state machine
+ *
+ * @build_file:  Path to build file
+ * @state:       State instance to initialize
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success
+ */
+int quip_state_init(const char *build_file, struct quip_state *state);
+
+/*
+ * Destroy a quip state
+ */
+void quip_state_destroy(struct quip_state *state);
+
+#endif  /* !COMMON_STATE_H */