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Handy self-help facility for a Makefile
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| ############################################################################## | |
| # Self help | |
| helper = @grep -Eh "^[a-z]+:.+\# " $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.+\# "}; {printf "$(1)%-20s$(2)%s$(3)\n", $$1, $$2}' | |
| .PHONY: help | |
| help: # Display this help | |
| $(call helper,, ) | |
| .PHONY: helpmd | |
| helpmd: # Display this help as a markdown table | |
| @echo "| Target | Purpose |\n| - | - |" | |
| $(call helper,| , | , |) |
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