Add ability for local makefile with personal customizations that wouldnt affect remote repo

[techknowlogick]

This would allow developers to keep a local file that'd add personal makefile targets for niche convenience customization without having to have the git workspace polluted with uncommitted changes.

[charles25565]

Maybe the grammar could be improved.

[techknowlogick]

@charles25565 if you have a suggestion I'd be more than happy to update the comment (or PR title). I agree that it is not as straightforward as could be. :)

[silverwind]

My only problem is this filename, it's not recognized by linguist for example. Maybe we can find a filename that is or contribute Makefile.local to linguist?

[charles25565]

@charles25565 if you have a suggestion I'd be more than happy to update the comment (or PR title). I agree that it is not as straightforward as could be. :)

Strings should be:

-# a makefile for personal convenience make targets
+# A Makefile for custom make targets

-# Include local personalizations
-# Makefile.local is gitignored
+# Include local Makefile
+# Makefile.local is listed in .gitignore

[charles25565]

My only problem is this filename, it's not recognized by linguist for example. Maybe we can find a filename that is or contribute Makefile.local to linguist?

It can also be done using .gitattributes.

[silverwind]

Yes, if the filename stays, add Makefile.* linguist-language=Makefile to .gitattributes.

[techknowlogick]

Thanks @charles25565 and @silverwind :) Your feedback was most helpful. I've updated the PR with the changes.

[lunny]

I couldn't find the reason to backport this PR.

[techknowlogick]

@lunny I had the PR marked as backport, so that when switching to an older branch the Customized makefile wouldn't be accidentally included in a commit