Run a specific target

More make commands

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

  Print what would be executed without running it

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

  Override Makefile variables at call time

• Run parallel jobs
  make -j4 testcopy

  Run up to 4 recipe lines in parallel

• 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

• Force rebuild ignoring timestamps
  make -B buildcopy

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

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