Invoke vs Makefile

[kipyin]

I've been debating about this some time ago, and this choice has come to me recently once again (the use-invoke branch is still active lol).

Anyway, the outcomes are the same regardless of the tool.

Pros for using invoke:

• It behaves the same regardless of the platform!
• It's in Python.
• So people know how to use it as long as they know how to use Python.
• Better readability with docstrings.
• Complex commands can be easily written.
• No tabs.

Pros for using Makefile:

• I'm already using it.
• Since invoke and Makefile are pretty much the same, why bother.
• Adding a make.bat for Windows is about the same workload as switching to invoke.
• Makefile is much more widely used and popular than invoke (so what?).
• Not that hard to learn for people who don't know.

I prefer using invoke.

[kipyin]

112646a provides a draft version of tasks.py that implements the same functionalities as Makefile.

[kipyin]

6135b4d implements invoke.