[FAB-9542] Add basic-checks target

The latest CI invokes a basic-checks target
which prior to this change did not exist in
the release-1.0 branch

Change-Id: I22519104cf7f474fc21be5227f7481f174d08429
Signed-off-by: Gari Singh <gari.r.singh@gmail.com>

Makefile

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #   - clean-all - superset of 'clean' that also removes persistent state
 #   - dist-clean - clean release packages for all target platforms
 #   - unit-test-clean - cleans unit test state (particularly from docker)
+#   - basic-checks - performs basic checks like license, spelling and linter
 
 PROJECT_NAME   = hyperledger/fabric
 BASE_VERSION = 1.0.7
@@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ all: native docker checks
 
 checks: license spelling linter unit-test behave
 
+basic-checks: license spelling linter
+
 desk-check: license spelling linter verify behave
 
 .PHONY: spelling