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Last active February 3, 2026 03:57

Getting the absolute path of the current `Makefile`

The gist: put this at the top of the Makefile:

MAKEFILE_PATH := $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
MAKEFILE_DIR := $(dir $(MAKEFILE_PATH))

Explanation

MAKEFILE_LIST, according to this,