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Or just use a simple command which ALL Unix system have: sh.

If you're using make a glorified task runner, why don't you just create a scripts/ directory with shell scripts to do whatever you want. This is simpler, cleaner and works everywhere.

Make doesn't really add anything. I get the feeling that using make this way is an aesthetic preference that has somehow developed with time into a "this is the one true Unix way" cargo cult.



bin/ directory.




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