[nrclark]

GNU Make gives me:

   - tab completion of targets
   - automatic dependency execution
   - automatic entry points between every task
   - result caching
   - parallel execution

Yes, it’s possible to do all of this by hand in shell scripts. But why would I, when Make is ubiquitous and battle-tested?

[penguin_booze]

Tab completion of targets is usually done by a separate package, not by GNU make itself: bash-completion.

[nrclark]

Yes, that's true. But it is "on-by-default" for 95% of desktop Linux machines, with no special action needed.

[Am4TIfIsER0ppos]

Its on until you try to tab-complete a filename that is created through make but the completion script can't detect it at which point the entire bash-completion package is uninstalled.

[nrclark]

What?