Self-documenting makefile

.PHONY: help

help:
	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'

# All rules with double-hash comments will be automatically displayed in the make help rule
newrule: ## This is what will show up for this rule's help
	echo Hello World

Source: marmelab.com

Self documenting makefile

.PHONY: help

help:
	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'

Source: marmelab.com

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