GNUmakefile - The file I use to define my own tasks without modifying the existing Makefile

GNUmakefile

include Makefile

# @See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14061796
# If you want to pass some arguments directly to your target, add it to the SUPPORTED_COMMANDS right here
SUPPORTED_COMMANDS := 
SUPPORTS_MAKE_ARGS := $(findstring $(firstword $(MAKECMDGOALS)), $(SUPPORTED_COMMANDS))
ifneq "$(SUPPORTS_MAKE_ARGS)" ""
  RUN_ARGS := $(wordlist 2,$(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(MAKECMDGOALS))
  RUN_ARGS := $(subst :,\:,$(RUN_ARGS))
  $(eval $(RUN_ARGS):;@:)
endif

.DEFAULT_GOAL := custom_help

# The help target prints out all targets with their descriptions organized
# beneath their categories. The categories are represented by '##@' and the
# target descriptions by '##'.
# @See: https://www.padok.fr/en/blog/beautiful-makefile-awk
.PHONY: custom_help
custom_help:
	@echo "\033[1;36m👇 CUSTOM MAKE COMMANDS 🥰\033[0m"
	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"} /^[a-zA-Z_0-9-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[32m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[33m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' GNUmakefile
	@echo ""
	@echo "\033[1;36m👇 EXISTING COMMANDS\033[0m"
	@echo ""
	@$(MAKE) -sf Makefile

##@ CATEGORY DEMO
.PHONY: target
target: ## This is an example target you can use

.PHONY: target-with-deps
target-with-deps: target ## Another target

##@ ANOTHER EXAMPLE
.PHONY: another-task
another-task: ## Just another example in another category! 👌