chore(checks): Add Makefile checks

.checkmake

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[default]
+# Checkmake configuration for dd-trace-go
+# This file configures rules for Makefile linting
+
+# Disable minphony rule - not all utility Makefiles need standard targets
+[minphony]
+disabled = true
+
+# Increase max body length for complex targets like help
+[maxbodylength]
+maxBodyLength = 20

.github/workflows/static-checks.yml

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copyright
         run: |
           go run ./scripts/check_copyright.go
+      - name: Run miscellaneous linters (copyright, Makefiles)
+        run: |
+          export PATH="${{ github.workspace }}/bin:${PATH}"
+          make lint/misc
 
   check-modules:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

Makefile

@@ -13,9 +13,34 @@ help: ## Show this help message
 all: tools-install generate lint test ## Run complete build pipeline (tools, generate, lint, test)
 
 .PHONY: tools-install
-tools-install: ## Install development tools
+tools-install: tools-install/checkmake ## Install development tools
 	@./scripts/install_tools.sh --tools-dir $(TOOLS) --bin-dir $(BIN)
 
+# checkmake is installed as a pre-built binary rather than via go install
+# because it requires Go 1.25+, which would force an upgrade of our _tools module.
+# We keep the _tools module on Go 1.24.0 to match our main project requirements.
+# For platforms without pre-built binaries, we fall back to building from source.
+.PHONY: tools-install/checkmake
+tools-install/checkmake: ## Install checkmake binary for Makefile linting
+	@mkdir -p $(BIN)
+	@if [ ! -f $(BIN)/checkmake ]; then \
+		echo "Installing checkmake..."; \
+		CHECKMAKE_VERSION=0.2.2; \
+		OS=$$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'); \
+		ARCH=$$(uname -m); \
+		if [ "$$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then ARCH="amd64"; fi; \
+		if [ "$$ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then ARCH="arm64"; fi; \
+		BINARY="checkmake-$$CHECKMAKE_VERSION.$$OS.$$ARCH"; \
+		if curl -sSfL -o $(BIN)/checkmake "https://github.com/checkmake/checkmake/releases/download/$$CHECKMAKE_VERSION/$$BINARY" 2>/dev/null; then \
+			chmod +x $(BIN)/checkmake; \
+			echo "checkmake $$CHECKMAKE_VERSION installed from pre-built binary"; \
+		else \
+			echo "Pre-built binary not available for $$OS/$$ARCH, building from source..."; \
+			GOBIN=$(abspath $(BIN)) go install github.com/checkmake/checkmake/cmd/checkmake@latest; \
+			echo "checkmake installed from source"; \
+		fi; \
+	fi
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: ## Clean build artifacts
 	rm -rvf coverprofile.txt *.out *.test vendor core_coverage.txt gotestsum-*
@@ -44,6 +69,10 @@ lint/go/fix: tools-install ## Fix linting issues automatically
 lint/shell: tools-install ## Run shell script linting checks
 	$(BIN_PATH) ./scripts/lint.sh --shell
 
+.PHONY: lint/misc
+lint/misc: tools-install ## Run miscellaneous linting checks (copyright, Makefiles)
+	$(BIN_PATH) ./scripts/lint.sh --misc
+
 .PHONY: format
 format: tools-install ## Format code
 	$(BIN_PATH) ./scripts/format.sh --all

README.md

@@ -66,13 +66,15 @@ Targets:
   help                 Show this help message
   all                  Run complete build pipeline (tools, generate, lint, test)
   tools-install        Install development tools
+  tools-install/checkmake Install checkmake binary for Makefile linting
   clean                Clean build artifacts
   clean-all            Clean everything including tools and temporary files
   generate             Run code generation
   lint                 Run linting checks
   lint/go              Run Go linting checks
   lint/go/fix          Fix linting issues automatically
   lint/shell           Run shell script linting checks
+  lint/misc            Run miscellaneous linting checks (copyright, Makefiles)
   format               Format code
   format/shell         install shfmt
   test                 Run all tests (core, integration, contrib)

scripts/README.md

@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ Targets:
   help                 Show this help message
   all                  Run complete build pipeline (tools, generate, lint, test)
   tools-install        Install development tools
+  tools-install/checkmake Install checkmake binary for Makefile linting
   clean                Clean build artifacts
   clean-all            Clean everything including tools and temporary files
   generate             Run code generation
   lint                 Run linting checks
   lint/go              Run Go linting checks
   lint/go/fix          Fix linting issues automatically
   lint/shell           Run shell script linting checks
+  lint/misc            Run miscellaneous linting checks (copyright, Makefiles)
   format               Format code
   format/shell         install shfmt
   test                 Run all tests (core, integration, contrib)

scripts/install_tools.sh

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ run "cd \"$TOOLS_DIR_ABS\" && GOWORK=$GOWORK go mod download"
 
 # Install tools
 message "Installing tools to $BIN_DIR_ABS..."
-run "cd \"$TOOLS_DIR_ABS\" && GOWORK=$GOWORK GOBIN=\"$BIN_DIR_ABS\" go install \$(grep -E '^[[:space:]]*_[[:space:]]+\".*\"' tools.go | awk -F'\"' '{print \$2}')"
+run "cd \"$TOOLS_DIR_ABS\" && GOWORK=$GOWORK GOBIN=\"$BIN_DIR_ABS\" go install -v \$(grep -E '^[[:space:]]*_[[:space:]]+\".*\"' tools.go | awk -F'\"' '{print \$2}')"
 
 message "Tools installation completed successfully"
 message "Installed tools are available in: $BIN_DIR"

scripts/lint.sh

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ lint_shell_files() {
 lint_misc_files() {
   message "Running miscellaneous linters..."
   run "go run ./scripts/check_copyright.go"
+  run "checkmake --config=.checkmake Makefile scripts/autoreleasetagger/Makefile scripts/apiextractor/Makefile profiler/internal/fastdelta/Makefile"
 }
 
 # Parse command line arguments