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Mbake – A Makefile formatter and linter, that only...
> The implicit rule search (see Using Implicit Rules) is skipped for .PHONY targets. This is why declaring a target as .PHONY is good for performance, even if you are not worried about the actual file existing.
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Phony-Tar...
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