Another trick, create a `help` target: help: ## Show this help @fgrep -h "##" $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | fgrep -v fgrep | sed -e 's/\\

Another trick, create a `help` target: help: ## Show this help @fgrep -h "##" $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | fgrep -v fgrep | sed -e 's/\\$$//' | sed -e 's/##//' foo: ## foo help # make help will print the names of the targets with # the help message following ## I don't remember the source, I think I saw it in a stackoverflow question.