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Re:I Like Makefiles by ReleaseCandidat on Saturday September 21, 2024 @01:29AM (#41607724)
> But it's more about being able to enter a project and have a consistent experience in "getting started".

I'd say putting the Makefile content in `package.json` would be more consistent, especially as they are already using Gulp as the build system.

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Re:I Like Makefiles by croemer on Saturday September 21, 2024 @01:49AM (#41607795)
You can't put comments in package.json, JSON should never have been used for something maintained by humans.
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Re:I Like Makefiles by ReleaseCandidat on Saturday September 21, 2024 @02:16AM (#41607891)
We are not arguing whether not declaring phony targets is worse than using comments in `package.json`?

But anyway, comments in a Makefile or `package.json` are not documentation anyway, that's what the `README` or `INSTALL` (or whatever) is there for (in projects like the one the Makefile is written for).

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