Makefile Linting for CI and Build Pipelines

Uses checkmake to inspect Makefiles for style issues, fragile targets, and maintainability problems before build automation breaks in CI. It is a narrow build-script review skill for agents working inside repositories that already rely on make, not a generic build tool listing.

Prerequisites

checkmake binary and existing Makefiles

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• docker build --build-arg BUILDER_NAME='Your Name' --build-arg BUILDER_EMAIL=your.name@example.com . -t checker
• docker run --workdir / -v "$PWD"/Makefile:/Makefile quay.io/checkmake/checkmake:latest
• docker run --workdir / -v "$PWD"/Makefile:/Makefile -v "$PWD"/checkmake.ini:/checkmake.ini quay.io/checkmake/checkmake:latest
• go install github.com/checkmake/checkmake/cmd/checkmake@latest

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• building or running a container image can be done with docker and podman.
• The container command used for building (docker or podman) is auto-detected with a preference for podman but can be overridden by the make variable CONTAINER_CMD.
• The locally built image can be published with a make image-pushcommand corresponding to the previously described make image-buildcommand or alrenatively directly using docker push or podman push

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• console

• % checkmake Makefile

• % checkmake Makefile foo.mk bar.mk baz.mk

• Source: https://github.com/checkmake/checkmake

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/checkmake/checkmake/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://github.com/checkmake/checkmake

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange