Allow MAKE environment override for 'qmk clean' (#12473)

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/clean.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/clean.py
index ec6501b76..9096529fd 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/clean.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/clean.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 """Clean the QMK firmware folder of build artifacts.
 """
-from qmk.commands import run
+from qmk.commands import run, create_make_target
 from milc import cli
 
-import shutil
-
 
 @cli.argument('-a', '--all', arg_only=True, action='store_true', help='Remove *.hex and *.bin files in the QMK root as well.')
 @cli.subcommand('Clean the QMK firmware folder of build artifacts.')
 def clean(cli):
     """Runs `make clean` (or `make distclean` if --all is passed)
     """
-    make_cmd = 'gmake' if shutil.which('gmake') else 'make'
-
-    run([make_cmd, 'distclean' if cli.args.all else 'clean'])
+    run(create_make_target('distclean' if cli.args.all else 'clean'))
diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
index d742f6756..97774001a 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/commands.py
@@ -29,6 +29,33 @@ def _find_make():
     return make_cmd
 
 
+def create_make_target(target, parallel=1, **env_vars):
+    """Create a make command
+
+    Args:
+
+        target
+            Usually a make rule, such as 'clean' or 'all'.
+
+        parallel
+            The number of make jobs to run in parallel
+
+        **env_vars
+            Environment variables to be passed to make.
+
+    Returns:
+
+        A command that can be run to make the specified keyboard and keymap
+    """
+    env = []
+    make_cmd = _find_make()
+
+    for key, value in env_vars.items():
+        env.append(f'{key}={value}')
+
+    return [make_cmd, '-j', str(parallel), *env, target]
+
+
 def create_make_command(keyboard, keymap, target=None, parallel=1, **env_vars):
     """Create a make compile command
 
@@ -53,17 +80,12 @@ def create_make_command(keyboard, keymap, target=None, parallel=1, **env_vars):
 
         A command that can be run to make the specified keyboard and keymap
     """
-    env = []
     make_args = [keyboard, keymap]
-    make_cmd = _find_make()
 
     if target:
         make_args.append(target)
 
-    for key, value in env_vars.items():
-        env.append(f'{key}={value}')
-
-    return [make_cmd, '-j', str(parallel), *env, ':'.join(make_args)]
+    return create_make_target(':'.join(make_args), parallel, **env_vars)
 
 
 def get_git_version(repo_dir='.', check_dir='.'):