I like using Makefiles. They work great both as simple task runners as well as build systems for medium-size projects. This is my starter template for Python projects. Note: This blog post assumes some basic knowledge of how make and Makefiles work. Basic configuration I like using bash as the default shell. Then set some flags to exit on error (-eu -o pipefail), warn about undefined variables and disable built-in rules.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1160466

I originally posted this over in https://lemmy.ml/c/python before discovering programming.dev.

Some neat tricks for using Makefiles with Python that I hadn’t seen before. The one I have seen, having a help target, has been super useful in team environments and for debugging when used with variables.

  • clawlor
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    2 years ago

    Great post! I suspect that PYTHONPATH hack might be useful in reorganizing a particular repo at $JOB that contains a few different deployable packages and a common library.

    The thing I like most about using Makefiles in this way is that it can provide a consistent dev experience across many repos in a team setting, if each repo defines a consistent set of make targets: make setup, make test, make build etc. I don’t have to care too much if the project is using pip vs. poetry, or pytest vs. unittest.