From a45906ac1a973fb8b7141e1e9a5e78ce19692dda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 02:57:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix font-lock of Makefile variables at the start of lines

* lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el (makefile-var-use-regex): Match
variables at the beginning of lines correctly (bug#23266).  Change
suggested by Anders Lindgren <andlind@gmail.com>.
---
 lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
index 3f466e1150b..4d277755aeb 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ not be enclosed in { } or ( )."
   "Regex used to find macro assignment lines in a makefile.")
 
 (defconst makefile-var-use-regex
-  "[^$]\\$[({]\\([-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+\\|[@%<?^+*][FD]?\\)"
+  "\\(^\\|[^$]\\)\\$[({]\\([-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+\\|[@%<?^+*][FD]?\\)"
   "Regex used to find $(macro) uses in a makefile.")
 
 (defconst makefile-ignored-files-in-pickup-regex
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ not be enclosed in { } or ( )."
      (3 font-lock-builtin-face prepend t))
 
     ;; Variable references even in targets/strings/comments.
-    (,var 1 font-lock-variable-name-face prepend)
+    (,var 2 font-lock-variable-name-face prepend)
 
     ;; Automatic variable references and single character variable references,
     ;; but not shell variables references.
-- 
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