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Add a help target to a Makefile that will allow all targets to be self documenting
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# Add the following 'help' target to your Makefile | |
# And add help text after each target name starting with '\#\#' | |
help: ## Show this help. | |
@fgrep -h "##" $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | fgrep -v fgrep | sed -e 's/\\$$//' | sed -e 's/##//' | |
# Everything below is an example | |
target00: ## This message will show up when typing 'make help' | |
@echo does nothing | |
target01: ## This message will also show up when typing 'make help' | |
@echo does something | |
# Remember that targets can have multiple entries (if your target specifications are very long, etc.) | |
target02: ## This message will show up too!!! | |
target02: target00 target01 | |
@echo does even more |
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