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Makefile Linter

by @charlie-morrison

Lint Makefiles for common issues — tabs, .PHONY, unused vars, portability, and best practices.

Versionv1.0.1
Installs1
#clawhub
💡 Examples

# Report only errors and warnings
python3 scripts/makefile-linter.py lint Makefile --min-severity warning
JSON output for CI integration

python3 scripts/makefile-linter.py lint Makefile --format json
Fail CI on any issue

python3 scripts/makefile-linter.py lint Makefile --strict
Ignore specific rules

python3 scripts/makefile-linter.py lint Makefile --ignore recursive-make --ignore missing-clean
Full audit in Markdown (for PR comments)

python3 scripts/makefile-linter.py audit Makefile --format markdown
Pipe from stdin

cat Makefile | python3 scripts/makefile-linter.py lint /dev/stdin

⚙️ Configuration

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --format text\|json\|markdown | Output format (default: text) | | --strict | Exit code 1 on any reported issue | | --ignore RULE | Ignore a specific rule (repeatable) | | --min-severity error\|warning\|info | Minimum severity to report (default: info) |

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TERMINAL
clawhub install makefile-linter

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