Plain Makefile boilerplate

Makefile

.DEFAULT_GOAL := help

THIS_FILE := $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))

target: ## run the target ## make target env=development
	@echo $@ # print target name
	@$(MAKE) -f $(THIS_FILE) inner-target # invoke other target

inner-target:
	@echo $@ # print target name

help: ## print this message
	@echo "Example operations by makefile."
	@echo ""
	@echo "Usage: make SUB_COMMAND argument_name=argument_value"
	@echo ""
	@echo "Command list:"
	@echo ""
	@printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %-50s %s\n" "[Sub command]" "[Description]" "[Example]"
	@grep -E '^[/a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | perl -pe 's%^([/a-zA-Z_-]+):.*?(##)%$$1 $$2%' | awk -F " *?## *?" '{printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %-50s %s\n", $$1, $$2, $$3}'

.PHONY: help target other-target