# Make extensions

Makext is a collection of useful extensions for Makefiles, aimed at
simplifying and enhancing the functionality of Make-based projects. These
extensions provide additional features and convenience functions to
improve the build process, manage dependencies, and streamline common
tasks.

> [!NOTE]
> 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, dispite
> that, I constantly find myself using it as such.

These extensions push the boundaries of GNU Make, which was originally
designed for building software projects rather than serving as a
general-purpose task runner. It's important to keep this in mind while
using them. However, despite this deviation from its intended purpose,
I find myself relying on GNU Make as a task runner in various projects.


Features include:

- Enhanced help message generation with support for custom descriptions.
- Automatic description inclusion in help message.
- Automatic license inclusion in help message.

## Acknowledgement

- https://stackoverflow.com/a/59087509

## License

[makext](https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/makext) was written by [Mitja
Felicijan](https://mitjafelicijan.com) and is released under the BSD
two-clause license, see the LICENSE file for more information.