I (ab)use make to manage my dotfiles. https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/blob/master/GNUmakefile https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/blob/master/GNU

I (ab)use make to manage my dotfiles. https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/blob/master/GNUmakefile https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/blob/master/GNUmake... I'm surprised at how well this thing works every time I use it. I even blogged about it. https://www.matheusmoreira.com/articles/managing-dotfiles-with-make https://www.matheusmoreira.com/articles/managing-dotfiles-wi... Recently made a tool that processes the make database and prints the phony targets and their dependencies: https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/blob/master/~/.local/bin/phony-targets https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/blob/master/~/.loca... I use it as a sort of makefile help command. Works surprisingly well too.