refactor (Makefile): error handling and help target #35
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When running the Makefile as-is it fails on the install target if the directory doesn't exist and runs all targets. This PR adds error handling and a new help target/goal that prints available options (ignores short options however).
Description
chmod +x
make
/make help
)Type of changes
Checklist
#!/usr/bin/env interpreter
instead of potentially platform-specific direct paths (#!/bin/sh
and#!/bin/bash
are allowed exceptions)bash
,python
,ruby
or whatever. Not including file extensions makes it easier to rewrite the script in another language later without having to change every reference to the previous version.License Acceptance