diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 3f16252..058de66 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # Setting SHELL to bash allows bash commands to be executed by recipes.
 # Options are set to exit when a recipe line exits non-zero or a piped command fails.
 SHELL = /usr/bin/env bash -o pipefail
@@ -66,26 +65,20 @@ help: ## Display this help.
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(LOCALBIN)
 
-.PHONY: mod
-mod: ## Do go mod tidy, download, verify
-	@$(GO) mod tidy
-	@$(GO) mod download
-	@$(GO) mod verify
-
-## Common linting tasks
-.PHONY: golangci-lint
-golangci-lint: $(GOLANGCI_LINT) ## run golangci-lint
-	$(GOLANGCI_LINT) run -v
-
 .PHONY: shellcheck
 shellcheck:  ## run shellcheck
-	$(SHELLCHECK) $$(git ls-files | grep '.*.sh$$')
+	$(SHELLCHECK) $$(git ls-files '*\.sh')
 
 OSV_SCANNER_CONFIG ?= ./.osv-scanner.toml
 .PHONY: scan
 scan: $(OSV_SCANNER)  ## scan for vulnerabilities
 	$(OSV_SCANNER) scan --config $(OSV_SCANNER_CONFIG) -r .
 
+.PHONY: addlicense
+addlicense: $(ADDLICENSE)  ## Add License headers containing of `license` and `comment` to files matched by `pattern`.
+	@test -n "$(license)" && test -n "$(comment)" && test -n "$(pattern)" \
+		git ls-files '$(pattern)' | xargs -r $(ADDLICENSE) -c '$(comment)' -l '$(license)' -s=only
+
 # Local dev environment
 .PHONY: setup-local-cluster
 setup-local-cluster: ## Set up a Kind cluster for local development if it does not exist
@@ -101,6 +94,17 @@ setup-local-cluster: ## Set up a Kind cluster for local development if it does n
 			$(KIND) create cluster --name $(KIND_CLUSTER) ;; \
 	esac
 
+##@ Common golang targets
+.PHONY: mod
+mod: ## run go mod tidy, download, verify
+	@$(GO) mod tidy
+	@$(GO) mod download
+	@$(GO) mod verify
+
+.PHONY: golangci-lint
+golangci-lint: $(GOLANGCI_LINT) ## run golangci-lint
+	$(GOLANGCI_LINT) run -v
+
 # Install local tools
 TOOL_LOCK := $(BUILD_PATH)/tools.lock
 
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ $(LOCALGOBIN)/%: $(LOCALGOBIN) $(TOOL_LOCK)
 
 # ocm cli (sdk v1) cannot be installed with go install because of replace directives in go.mod
 $(LOCALGOBIN)/ocm: $(LOCALGOBIN) $(TOOL_LOCK)
-	module=$$(awk "/^ocm / {print \$$2}" $(TOOL_LOCK)); \
+	@module=$$(awk "/^ocm / {print \$$2}" $(TOOL_LOCK)); \
 	version=$$(cut -d@ -f2 <<< $$module); \
 	test -s $@ && grep -q "$$version" $(LOCALGOBIN)/.ocm-version 2>/dev/null || \
 	curl -s https://ocm.software/install.sh | VERSION_OCM=$$version bash -s -- $(LOCALGOBIN) && echo $$version > $(LOCALGOBIN)/.ocm-version
diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
index 1e264f1..df8b07f 100644
--- a/example/Makefile
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Include ODC common make targets
-DEV_KIT_VERSION := v1.0.2
+# FIXME(user): replace with a static dev-kit release (https://github.com/opendefensecloud/dev-kit/releases)
+DEV_KIT_VERSION := refs/heads/main
+
 -include common.mk
 common.mk:
 	curl --fail -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opendefensecloud/dev-kit/$(DEV_KIT_VERSION)/common.mk -o common.mk.download && \
@@ -16,3 +18,7 @@ cobra: $(COBRA)
 
 scan:
 	echo hello
+
+fmt: # FIXME(user): Implement the fmt target or disable the pre-commit hook for it (flake.nix)
+
+lint: # FIXME(user): Implement the lint target or disable the pre-commit hook for it (flake.nix)