Makefile templates and examples

Makefile patterns

Regular targets should abstract specific repository processes:

Target	Action
configure	configures project build environment file: env.sh
help	Should print a basic help describing the main targets
clean	Cleans generated artifacts
cleanall	Deep clean, including docker system prune if docker is used, venv, etc.
build	Do the primary build target, this can be dist, setup, etc depending on the content of the repository
test	Execute tests
release	Create a branch and tag for VERSION on pure code repositories, publish to package repository for packaged software
rc	tag release candidate for CI/CD
releasecandidate	alias for rc
lint	run repository relevant linter

Vendor and Venv

• If necessary, a vendor or venv directory shall be created with its own Makefile that will configure the required additional softwaare

vendor may be used for Ruby Gems, PHP Dependencies and Composer Packages, NPM Packages. venv is used for PyPI packages

Inspired by

https://github.com/audreyfeldroy/cookiecutter-pypackage https://github.com/imaerials/ansible-home-lab