These issues are part of my daily work. I’ve started converting the make targets/commands to shell scripts because the hacks and ugliness that you have to do to provide make with arguments isn’t worth it. It seems like the more advanced shell features you want to use in a makefile, the more make gets in your way.

Not that I fault it. It’s supposed to be for making programs hence the name. We’re abusing it by turning into a script collection.