From a90a1f5f75dd375edfd8c170433ff2cf24ead0fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thijs Schreijer <thijs@thijsschreijer.nl>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:36:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] initialize on first make run

instead of calling the inti script manually, make it a
"make" operation like everything else.
---
 Makefile                      | 12 +++++++++++-
 doc_topics/01-introduction.md |  2 +-
 init.sh                       |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a05fc71..50f8655 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,20 @@ TAB=$(shell printf "\t")
 DEV_ROCKS = "busted" "luacheck" "ldoc" "luacov"
 
 
-target_not_specified: help
+target_not_specified:
+ifneq (,$(wildcard ./init.sh))
+	@$(MAKE) init
+else
+	@$(MAKE) help
+endif
 	@exit 1
 
 
+.PHONY: init
+init:
+	@if [ -f ./init.sh ]; then ./init.sh; else echo "Already initialized. Run 'make help' for available targets."; fi
+
+
 help:
 	@echo "Available make targets for ${ROCK_NAME}:"
 	@echo ""
diff --git a/doc_topics/01-introduction.md b/doc_topics/01-introduction.md
index 0bf3a61..621375e 100644
--- a/doc_topics/01-introduction.md
+++ b/doc_topics/01-introduction.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Here's a list of things to do when using this template:
 
 * Clone the repo locally.
 
-* Run the interactive `init.sh` script.
+* Run `make` and follow the interactive prompts to initialize the repo.
 
 * Commit all changes, and push to the repo.
 
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 05d3760..1b1d8c3 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# No need to run this script manually; just run `make` and it will be
+# invoked automatically on first use, and then deleted.
+
 REPO_NAME=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
 GH_ACCOUNT=$(git remote -v | grep "(fetch)" | sed "s/ (fetch)//" | sed "s/^.*github.com\///" | sed "s/\/.*$//")
 USER_NAME=$(git config user.name)