<p>Whenever I try to recompile my changed files in Bitcoin core. I have to run make clean and then make or else it wont compile the changed files. It just goes back to the last compiled file. How do i do smart make where it only compiles the files that I have changed<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6zpFX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6zpFX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2020-05-24T23:44:39.390Z
Is your system clock wrong perhaps? Alternatively, did you make any changes to the source code and saved them?
Pieter Wuille
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2020-05-25T03:19:31.947Z
I think my system clock is fine. I also save changes to source code every time but I constantly have to run make clean and then make to see my changes
Sishir Giri
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Sishir Giri
# Bitcoin Core make

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-24)

Whenever I try to recompile my changed files in Bitcoin core. I have to run make clean and then make or else it wont compile the changed files. It just goes back to the last compiled file. How do i do smart make where it only compiles the files that I have changed[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/6zpFX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/6zpFX.png)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is your system clock wrong perhaps? Alternatively, did you make any changes to the source code and saved them?  
> **username_0**: I think my system clock is fine. I also save changes to source code every time but I constantly have to run make clean and then make to see my changes  

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