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For tasks like the one the author describes, I prefer using just [1] over make. It's designed to be a command runner rather than a build tool, so you lose thing
by curun1r 9y ago
For tasks like the one the author describes, I prefer using just [1] over make. It's designed to be a command runner rather than a build tool, so you lose things like considering whether files have been modified when executing a target, but it includes some features that make it better than make for keeping a list of commonly-run commands.
In particular, it can:
- list/show available commands
- pass through command line arguments
- run commands in a different directory
- run with a different interpreter
- has better error messages
[1] https://github.com/casey/just https://github.com/casey/just
- sjellis 9y ago> For tasks like the one the author describes, I prefer using just [1] over make. Just really ought to be better known.