Updated tooling

Makefile

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-LIBRARY_VERSION=`cat library/setup.py | grep version | awk -F"'" '{print $$2}'`
-LIBRARY_NAME=`cat library/setup.py | grep name | awk -F"'" '{print $$2}'`
+LIBRARY_VERSION=$(shell cat library/setup.py | grep version | awk -F"'" '{print $$2}')
+LIBRARY_NAME=$(shell cat library/setup.py | grep name | awk -F"'" '{print $$2}')
 
 .PHONY: usage install uninstall
 usage:
+	@echo "Library: ${LIBRARY_NAME}"
+	@echo "Version: ${LIBRARY_VERSION}\n"
 	@echo "Usage: make <target>, where target is one of:\n"
 	@echo "install:       install the library locally from source"
 	@echo "uninstall:     uninstall the local library"
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ usage:
 	@echo "python-clean:  clean python build and dist directories"
 	@echo "python-dist:   build all python distribution files"
 	@echo "python-testdeploy: build all and deploy to test PyPi"
+	@echo "tag:           tag the repository with the current version"
 
 install:
 	./install.sh
@@ -22,14 +25,17 @@ uninstall:
 
 check:
 	@echo "Checking for trailing whitespace"
-	@! grep -IUrn --color "[[:blank:]]$$" --exclude-dir=.tox --exclude-dir=.git --exclude=PKG-INFO
+	@! grep -IUrn --color "[[:blank:]]$$" --exclude-dir=sphinx --exclude-dir=.tox --exclude-dir=.git --exclude=PKG-INFO
 	@echo "Checking for DOS line-endings"
-	@! grep -IUrn --color "" --exclude-dir=.tox --exclude-dir=.git --exclude=Makefile
+	@! grep -IUrn --color "" --exclude-dir=sphinx --exclude-dir=.tox --exclude-dir=.git --exclude=Makefile
 	@echo "Checking library/CHANGELOG.txt"
 	@cat library/CHANGELOG.txt | grep ^${LIBRARY_VERSION}
 	@echo "Checking library/${LIBRARY_NAME}/__init__.py"
 	@cat library/${LIBRARY_NAME}/__init__.py | grep "^__version__ = '${LIBRARY_VERSION}'"
 
+tag:
+	git tag -a "v${LIBRARY_VERSION}" -m "Version ${LIBRARY_VERSION}"
+
 python-readme: library/README.rst
 
 python-license: library/LICENSE.txt