From ab7422c850a10894a164f6b412bb051256e8f890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sneak <sneak@sneak.berlin>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:42:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add policy: always use Makefile targets over direct tool
 invocation

---
 REPO_POLICIES.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/REPO_POLICIES.md b/REPO_POLICIES.md
index c0564f5..eae9789 100644
--- a/REPO_POLICIES.md
+++ b/REPO_POLICIES.md
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ docker` (builds docker image).
 
 - `main` must always pass `make check`, no exceptions.
 
+- Always use Makefile targets (`make fmt`, `make test`, `make lint`, etc.)
+  instead of invoking the underlying tools directly. The Makefile is the
+  single source of truth for how these operations are run.
+
 - Do all changes on a feature branch. You can do whatever you want on a
   feature branch.