# Makefile for Hugo

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## Using Makefiles for software builds, Postfix map generation, and project workflows

DevFeed: [Using Makefiles for software builds, Postfix map generation, and project workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-i-stopped-worrying-and-loved-makefiles-27697.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2024/02/how-i-stopped-worrying-and-loved-makefiles/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2024-02-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [make](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/make.md>), [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terraform.md>)

Tags: [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [compilation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compilation.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [devops-best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops-best-practices.md>), [environment-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment-management.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [hugo-static-site-generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo-static-site-generation.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/make.md>), [makefile-for-hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/makefile-for-hugo.md>), [makefile-for-terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/makefile-for-terraform.md>), [parallel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parallel.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>), [terraform-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform-automation.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial explains how GNU Make manages dependencies, detects changed files, sets variables, and runs tasks in parallel. It also shows a Postfix use case for regenerating map files and alias databases from configuration files.

### Source excerpt

Learn how to use Makefiles to streamline your Terraform and Hugo projects, making environment management and static site generation more efficient.