From e1e13ca0cd90ac30c27d90df841bfa7469afbf37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fromelicks <108532072+fromelicks@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 17:28:47 +0200
Subject: feat!: allow for script to be run of windows

Removed Windows panicking check in `makext.mk`.
Updated README.md with instructions to run on Windows.
---
 README.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 makext.mk |  5 -----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 967a406..29cf802 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ license or readme files or just testing data that is/are not needed to
 use it.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> This extensions are abusing GNU Make in some sense since it was not 
+> This extensions are abusing GNU Make in some sense since it was not
 > meant to really be a task runner. Keep that in mind. However, despite
 > that, I constantly find myself using it as such.
 
-### Extensions
+## Extensions
 
 | Extension   | Description                                         |
 |-------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
@@ -35,12 +35,17 @@ Tested on:
 
 - GNU Linux Debian 12 with GNU Make 4.3
 - macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 with GNU Make 3.81
+- Windows 10/11 with GNU Make 4.4.1 for Windows32
 
 If you have an idea for a new feature [open a new
 issue](https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/makext/issues/new).
 
 ## How to use
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> If you intend to use this script on Windows machine
+> make sure you have all the [prerequisites](###windows-specific-instructions) installed.
+
 First you will need to download `makext.mk` file from the repository to
 the same directory where you have `Makefile`.
 
@@ -61,6 +66,19 @@ help: .help
 > targets in your `Makefile`. GNU Make will execute first target if
 > no target provided as an argument when calling `make`.
 
+### Windows specific instructions
+
+On Windows OS'es you need the following:
+
+- Git Bash for Windows
+- make
+
+All of the above can be conveniently installed via [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/):
+
+```sh
+scoop install main/git main/make
+```
+
 ## Help extension
 
 One of the extensions is `.help` which displays all the targets in the
diff --git a/makext.mk b/makext.mk
index 3b32ba6..bbfa148 100644
--- a/makext.mk
+++ b/makext.mk
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
 # `makext` was written by Mitja Felicijan and is released under the BSD
 # two-clause license, see the LICENSE file for more information.
 
-# Checks if operating system is Windows and exists with error.
-ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-$(error makext does not support Windows operating system)
-endif
-
 # Load environmental files from `MEX_ENVIRONMENT`. By default GNU make
 # loads what is already in `env`. This extends it to other files.
 ifdef MEX_ENVIRONMENT
-- 
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