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bahmanm @lemmy.ml

2y ago

RFC

bmakelib - Print available Make targets and variables along w/ their docs

github.com Print the available targets and variables along w/ their docs · Issue #81 · bahmanm/bmakelib

bmakelib should contain a target to list all available targets along w/ their documentation. For example: $ make bmakelib.help TARGETS ------- foo: foo inline docs bar: bar inline docs baz: no docu...

I'm trying to gather requirements wrt a potential bmakelib feature linked in the post.

I'd appreciate your feedback around:

What are the conventions you follow to document your Makefiles?
How/where do you usually declare variables and how do you document them?

Please take a second to share your thoughts on the issue or simply reply to this post if you'd prefer 🙏