I like to use makefiles for managing docker containers / images. For my needs it's a more practical and flexible solution than other docker orchestration / mana

I like to use makefiles for managing docker containers / images. For my needs it's a more practical and flexible solution than other docker orchestration / management tools I've tried. A few things I've learned that might be useful: * (cd /path/to/something && make goal) * You can use .DEFAULT_GOAL := goal_name to set the default target run by 'make' with no target name specified. * Adding .SILENT will suppress make entering/leaving directory messages. Probably wise to be careful with one until you're 100% sure you're not ending up in an unintended directory doing nasty things. * You can use $(COLOR) = `tput setaf x' and $(RESET) = `tput sgr0` to add colors to your make output. For example @echo "$(RED)ERROR!$(RESET)" * Use if ! -f conditionals to start goals that rely on external scripts/programs. Otherwise make will run until it hits the error which will leave you with a partially completed goal. goal: @if [ ! -f ./scripts/blah.sh ]; then echo "ERROR: ./scripts/blah.sh not found"; exit 1; fi @echo "without the if ! -f this command would run" @echo "and so would this one" @./scripts/blah.sh $(IMPORTANT_STUFFS) @echo "but not this one"