tj/mmake

mmake help doesn't output comments from include targets

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#31 opened on Aug 29, 2018

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Description

@tj , thanks for this awesome tooling. I'm not sure if this was ever possible. But in 1.3.0 mmake help does not output any help data for a simple included common makefile.

Makefile

include ../common.mk

common.mk

# example command help string
start:
  @echo test
.PHONY: start

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Research direction
Investigate how mmake parses included Makefiles and extracts comments for help output. Focus on the include directive handling and whether the help command traverses included files.
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