Makefile: Self-document help targets#314
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Teach make help to discover documented targets from the Makefile instead of maintaining a separate echoed list. This keeps the output close to the implementation and avoids help text drift over time.
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Updates the repository Makefile so make help is generated from target annotations (## ...) rather than a manually maintained echo list, keeping help output aligned with actual targets.
Changes:
- Set
.DEFAULT_GOAL := helpso runningmakedefaults to showing help output. - Replace the hardcoded
helpecho list with a grep/awk-based extractor for##-annotated targets. - Add
##descriptions to many existing targets so they appear inmake help.
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Description
Teach make help to discover documented targets from the Makefile instead of maintaining a separate echoed list.
This keeps the output close to the implementation and avoids help text drift over time.
Fixes #313
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/kind cleanup
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