Improve Makefile

Author: pedrobslisboa

Makefile

@@ -1,42 +1,77 @@
+# Define installation arguments with optional prefix
 INSTALL_ARGS := $(if $(PREFIX),--prefix $(PREFIX),)
+# Define examples with their descriptions
+EXAMPLE_DESCRIPTIONS := \
+	"example-building-ast:Demonstrates how to build AST" \
+	"example-destructuring-ast:Demonstrates how to destructure an AST" \
 
-# Default rule
-default:
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Print this help message
+	@echo "";
+	@echo "List of available make commands";
+	@echo "";
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "  \033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}';
+	@echo "";
+	@echo "Available examples:";
+	@echo "";
+	@for desc in $(EXAMPLE_DESCRIPTIONS); do \
+		target=$$(echo $$desc | cut -d: -f1); \
+		description=$$(echo $$desc | cut -d: -f2); \
+		printf "  \033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n" "$$target" "$$description"; \
+	done
+	@echo "";
+
+.PHONY: default
+default: ## Build the project with auto-promote
 	dune build --auto-promote @install
 
-install:
+.PHONY: install
+install: ## Install the project
 	dune install $(INSTALL_ARGS)
 
-uninstall:
+.PHONY: uninstall
+uninstall: ## Uninstall the project
 	dune uninstall $(INSTALL_ARGS)
 
-reinstall: uninstall reinstall
+.PHONY: reinstall
+reinstall: ## Reinstall the project
+	uninstall reinstall
 
-test:
+.PHONY: test
+test: ## Run tests
 	dune runtest
 
-doc:
+.PHONY: doc
+doc: ## Build documentation
 	dune build @doc
 
-clean:
+.PHONY: doc-dev
+doc-dev: ## Build and watch documentation
+	dune build @doc --watch & dune_pid=$$!; \
+	trap 'kill $$dune_pid' EXIT; \
+	sleep 2 && open _build/default/_doc/_html/index.html & \
+	wait $$dune_pid
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: ## Clean the build artifacts
 	dune clean
 
-all-supported-ocaml-versions:
+.PHONY: all-supported-ocaml-versions
+all-supported-ocaml-versions: ## Build for all supported OCaml versions
 	dune build @install --workspace dune-workspace.dev --root .
 
-opam-release:
+.PHONY: opam-release
+opam-release: ## Release the project using opam
 	dune-release distrib --skip-build --skip-lint --skip-tests
 	dune-release publish distrib --verbose
 	dune-release opam pkg
 	dune-release opam submit
 
-bench:
+.PHONY: bench
+bench: ## Run benchmarks
 	dune build bench --profile release
 	dune exec bench/bench.exe
 
-.PHONY: default install uninstall reinstall clean test doc bench
-.PHONY: all-supported-ocaml-versions opam-release
-
-.PHONY: $(TARGET)
-example-%: 
+.PHONY: example-<target>
+example-%: ## Run example with specified target, e.g. make example-global-transformation
 	DUNE_CONFIG__GLOBAL_LOCK=disabled opam exec -- dune exec $*-example