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I'm just wondering why not use npm scripts instead of Makefiles? They work in Windows as well and they're easier to understand (at least imo).

• ThePhysicist 11y ago
  I haven't looked at those yet, sounds interesting though!
• Arnavion 11y ago
  As long as they're single commands. Running multiple commands using `&&`, etc. is unfortunately not portable.
  • jdmichal 11y ago
    What platform does `&&` not work on? It works fine in Windows `cmd`, which is the typical shell to worry about portability with.
    • Arnavion 11y ago
      cmd's `&&` is the equivalent of bash's `;`. bash's `&&` has no equivalent in cmd. Edit: Never mind, I'm apparently wrong.
      • jdmichal 11y ago
        On Windows 7; note the lack of version information from Java: > rm test.txt && java -version rm: cannot unlink entry "test.txt": The system cannot find the file specified.
  • joshuacc 11y ago
    That's not correct. I use npm scripts with `&&` on Windows many times per day. Other features may not be portable, but that one definitely is.
    • Arnavion 11y ago
      See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11061056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11061056