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Add a Makefile

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
76/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
go
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Read .github/workflows/ci.yml and the README or CONTRIBUTING instructions to identify the current CI steps and where contributor setup is documented. Add a root Makefile with the requested build, test, vet, formatting, and check targets, then update the contributor documentation to mention make check. Done means make check matches CI, and make build and make test work on macOS and Linux.

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Description

enhancement good first issue help wanted

What

Contributors run four commands by hand (go build ./..., go vet ./..., go test ./..., gofmt -l .). Wrap them in a Makefile.

Where

New file: Makefile

Suggested targets

  • make build → go build ./...
  • make test → go test ./...
  • make vet → go vet ./...
  • make fmt → format, or check gofmt -l .
  • make check → vet + fmt-check + test (the CI contract)

Done when

  • make check runs the same steps as .github/workflows/ci.yml
  • make build and make test work on macOS and Linux
  • README/CONTRIBUTING mention make check
Dominant language
Go
Stars
1
Forks
2
Avg merge
1h 31m
Merged PRs (30d)
7

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  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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