# Output Messages
MSG_CPPCHECK_CMD := ' [CPPCHECK]:'
-cppcheck-config:
+# Checks the CPPCheck configuration as used in the user project, to determine if any paths are missing or invalid
+cppcheck-config: $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
@echo $(MSG_CPPCHECK_CMD) Checking cppcheck configuration check on source files
cppcheck $(BASE_CPPCHECK_FLAGS) --check-config $(CPPCHECK_FLAGS) $(SRC)
-cppcheck:
+# Runs a static analysis using CPPCheck to determine if there are any issues
+cppcheck: $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
@echo $(MSG_CPPCHECK_CMD) Performing static analysis on source files
cppcheck $(BASE_CPPCHECK_FLAGS) --enable=$(CPPCHECK_ENABLE) $(CPPCHECK_SUPPRESS:%=--suppress=%) $(CPPCHECK_FLAGS) $(SRC)