Make

Modern Patterns Commands

Modern Makefiles use patterns for self-documenting help, Docker integration, and developer experience. Learn contemporary best practices.

7 commands

Pro Tips

Set .DEFAULT_GOAL := help to show available targets when running 'make'.

Add colored output for better visibility of status messages.

Commands

Self-documenting help

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

Generate help from comments (## comment).

Docker target

$ docker-build: docker build -t myapp:$(VERSION) .

Build Docker image.

Default goal

$ .DEFAULT_GOAL := help

Set default target to help.

Version from git

$ VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --always)

Get version from git tags.

Colored output

$ @echo "\033[32mBuild complete\033[0m"

Print colored status messages.

Check dependencies

$ check-deps: @which docker > /dev/null || (echo "Docker required" && exit 1)

Verify required tools installed.

Environment file

$ include .env export

Load environment from .env file.