Makefile

https://makefiletutorial.com/

Format

like yaml

<makefile target>:
    <shell command>
<makefile target>: <another makefile target>
    <shell command>

Note that when calling another target , that target should be under the current target.

Disable commands printing

put @ in front of your command

Passing arguements

make <command> <var>=<value>

And then use your ${var} like in regular command

Target pattern

% -> match anything

Ignore errors

make -i <target>

See https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Errors

Troubleshooting

Makefile:4: *** missing separator. Stop.

Make sure a tab precedes your command, instead of spaces. You can convert spaces to tab with vscode.

make: target is up to date.

You have a file/dir with the same name as the target