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+---
+title: "Using credentials in your Makefiles"
+date: 2020-01-14T05:57:04Z
+draft: false
+tags: [make, programming]
+---
+
+Recently while working on a project I needed a way to include secrets in my repo for local development that integrated 
+with my *Make* based build setup. I found that a nice way to do this is with the `include` command in *Make*. 
+
+The `include` command allows you to include external files to augment your makefile. First I created a `secrets.mk` and 
+declared variables in it for my API keys. 
+
+```makefile {linenos=table}
+# secrets.mk
+github_access_token := 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
+slack_access_token := 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
+```
+
+Then in my makefile I added `include secrets.mk`. Don't forget to add `secrets.mk` to your `.gitignore`!
+
+```makefile
+include secrets.mk
+.PHONY: dev
+
+dev: app
+  GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(github_access_token) \
+  SLACK_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(slack_access_token) \
+  ./app
+
+app:
+  go build -o app main.go
+```
+
+One issue with this I ran into was in my CI build I didn't have a `secrets.mk` file. *Make* will fail if it cannot find an
+include file on disk or if it *Make* unable to find a rule to generate one. Luckily you can preprend a dash to the include 
+statement to make it optional, so the rest of your tasks that don't require an include will still be usable.
+
+```makefile
+-include secrets.mk
+```
+
+Lastly, another neat thing about using this technique is that if an include isn't found, *Make* will look for a task that 
+can generate it. I added a `secrets.mk` task to my makefile that creates a stub include file that can get filled out with
+the correct credentials if needed.
+
+```makefile 
+include secrets.mk
+.PHONY: dev
+
+dev: app
+  GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(github_access_token) \
+  SLACK_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(slack_access_token) \
+  ./app
+
+app:
+  go build -o app main.go
+
+secrets.mk:
+  echo "github_access_token:='xxxxxxxx'" > ./secrets.mk
+  echo "slack_access_token:='xxxxxxxxx'" >> ./secrets.mk
+```
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 	./hugo gen chromastyles --style=solarized-dark256 > assets/css/syntax.css
 
 ./layouts/partials/openring.out.html: $(OPENRING_BIN)
-	openring \
+	$(OPENRING_BIN) \
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 	  -s https://dave.cheney.net/feed/atom \
 	  -s https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/rss.xml \