A useful I found from a gist that I have been using recently
# COLORS
GREEN := $(shell tput -Txterm setaf 2)
YELLOW := $(shell tput -Txterm setaf 3)
WHITE := $(shell tput -Txterm setaf 7)
RESET := $(shell tput -Txterm sgr0)
TARGET_MAX_CHAR_NUM=20
## Show help
help:
@echo ''
@echo 'Usage:'
@echo ' ${YELLOW}make${RESET} ${GREEN}<target>${RESET}'
@echo ''
@echo 'Targets:'
@awk '/^[a-zA-Z\-\_0-9]+:/ { \
helpMessage = match(lastLine, /^## (.*)/); \
if (helpMessage) { \
helpCommand = substr($$1, 0, index($$1, ":")-1); \
helpMessage = substr(lastLine, RSTART + 3, RLENGTH); \
printf " ${YELLOW}%-$(TARGET_MAX_CHAR_NUM)s${RESET} ${GREEN}%s${RESET}\n", helpCommand, helpMessage; \
} \
} \
{ lastLine = $$0 }' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
Which allows you to add a make help
command to your Makefiles
## Generate Mobi file
mobi: clean_mobi create_foler_mobi
gitbook mobi $(CURRENT_DIR_NOSLASH) $(MOBI_FULLNAME)
## Generate all files: website/pdf/epub/mobi
all: website pdf epub mobi