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Able to parse targets from a targets.log and not via "make -pRrq"

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by reading the referenced issue #217 and the existing build.log parsing path for IntelliSense. Trace how target discovery currently invokes "make -pRrq" and identify where a configured targets.log could enter instead. Done means targets can be parsed from targets.log without invoking that command, with behavior consistent with the existing log-based parsing option.

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Description

enhancement

Mentioned in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-makefile-tools/issues/217.
Like we can parse for IntelliSense from a build.log and not invoke "make --dry-run", we should offer the same possibility to parsing targets: via a given "targets.log" and not by "make -pRrq".

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