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Also: Make a project buildable in one step [1]

[1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/08/09/the-joel-test-12-s...

I personally standardize on a Makefile in the repo root, with a suitable default target. "git clone $x ; cd $x ; make" should always Do The Thing (even if it just calls out to npm or whatever).

Yep:) I feel silly writing a Makefile that runs `go build`, but I still do it:)

Same, but also adding targets for testing which are usable both by developers and CI and prints the tool version before executing it.

Greatly cuts down on the "tests pass on my system, not sure while it failed in CI"

Agreed! Printing tool versions is something I've started doing at my current job and it's so helpful knowing what version of Python or nodejs (or whatever) is running on the ancient TeamCity agents.

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