make commands

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• Run a specific target
  make buildcopy

  Execute the 'build' target in the current Makefile

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• Dry run (print commands only)
  make -n deploycopy

  Print what would be executed without running it

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• Pass variables on command line
  make IMAGE=myapp:v2 TAG=latest pushcopy

  Override Makefile variables at call time

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• Run parallel jobs
  make -j4 testcopy

  Run up to 4 recipe lines in parallel

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• List all targets (with help pattern)
  grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?##' Makefile | awk -F':.*##' '{printf "%-20s %s\n", $1, $2}'copy

  Convention: annotate targets with ## comments for self-documenting Makefiles

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• Force rebuild ignoring timestamps
  make -B buildcopy

  Unconditionally remake all targets (-B / --always-make)

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• Specify Makefile path
  make -f infra/Makefile plancopy

  Use a Makefile in a different directory or with a different name

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• Phony targets declaration
  .PHONY: build test deploy cleancopy

  Prevent make from confusing targets with files of the same name

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• Automatic variable $@
  build: docker build -t $(IMAGE) . && echo 'Built $@'copy

  $@ expands to the current target name in a recipe

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• Include sub-makefiles
  include mk/*.mkcopy

  Split a large Makefile into modular includes

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