makefile with helpful default targets!

Makefile

VERSION ?= $(shell cat VERSION)

.PHONY: help version clean bump release

.DEFAULT_GOAL := help

build: ## build the app
  do stuff

clean: ## clean artifacts
  rm -rf build

release: bump ## bump the VERSION file, git tags, and push github
  make push -e VERSION=$(shell cat VERSION)

version:
  cat VERSION

bump:
  script/bump --patch

help:
  @grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'