Template Makefile for non-Python based projects

Makefile

##@ Build

.PHONY: build
build: ## Build project

# Where targets related to building the project - e.g. compiling, preprocessing, snapping, etc. - should go.

##@ Lint

# Where targets related to linting the project source code should go.

.PHONY: fmt
fmt: ## Format project 

.PHONY: lint
lint: ## Lint project

##@ Clean

# Where targets related to cleaning the environment of the project should go.

.PHONY: clean
clean: ## Clean up project

# Don't this. This block is necessary for rendering the help text in a nice way from the shell. 
.PHONY: help
help:
        @awk 'BEGIN {\
            FS = ":.*##"; \
            printf                "Usage: ${FORMATTING_BEGIN_BLUE}OPTION${FORMATTING_END}=<value> make ${FORMATTING_BEGIN_YELLOW}<target>${FORMATTING_END}\n"\
          } \
          /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  ${FORMATTING_BEGIN_BLUE}%-46s${FORMATTING_END} %s\n", $$1, $$2 } \
          /^.?.?##~/              { printf "   %-46s${FORMATTING_BEGIN_YELLOW}%-46s${FORMATTING_END}\n", "", substr($$1, 6) } \
          /^##@/                  { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)