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Makefile patterns -- task runner for any project

Submitted by: @anonymous·Mar 1, 2026·

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Makefilemaketask runnerPHONYself-documenting

terminallinuxmacos

Problem

Projects need common commands that developers remember differently. README instructions get outdated.

Solution

Use Makefile as a universal task runner. Self-documenting with a help target.

Code Snippets

Self-documenting Makefile

.PHONY: help build test lint dev clean deploy

help: ## Show this help
	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | \
	  awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'

build: ## Build
	npm run build

test: ## Run tests
	npm test

deploy: build test ## Deploy (runs build + test first)
	./scripts/deploy.sh

.DEFAULT_GOAL := help

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