From 6609f6e49d9b0f3c953b181147136b117928cb59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hughesjj <james@hughesjj.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:56:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix checks target

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 15 ++-------------
 Makefile        |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index daf66c9c1eda..71417fd2772f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -203,19 +203,8 @@ When submitting a component to the community, consider breaking it down into sep
   * This PR is usually trivial to review, so the size limit does not apply to
     it.
   * The component should use [`In Development` Stability](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#development) in its README.
-  * Before submitting a PR, run the following commands from the root of the repository to ensure your new component is meeting the repo linting expectations:
-    * `make checkdoc`
-    * `make checkmetadata`
-    * `make checkapi`
-    * `make goporto`
-    * `make crosslink`
-    * `make gotidy`
-    * `make genotelcontribcol`
-    * `make genoteltestbedcol`
-    * `make generate`
-    * `make multimod-verify`
-    * `make generate-gh-issue-templates`
-    * `make addlicense`
+  * As always, ensure you generate a changelog template (refer to [Adding a Changelog Entry](#adding-a-changelog-entry)).
+  * Before submitting a PR, run `make checks` from the root of the repository to ensure your new component is meeting the repo linting expectations.
 * **Second PR** should include the concrete implementation of the component. If the
   size of this PR is larger than the recommended size consider splitting it in
   multiple PRs.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86ecba3a3276..b138b0936420 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -561,14 +561,16 @@ generate-gh-issue-templates:
 
 .PHONY: checks
 checks:
+	$(MAKE) gomoddownload
+	$(MAKE) install-tools
+	$(MAKE) genotelcontribcol
+	$(MAKE) genoteltestbedcol
 	$(MAKE) checkdoc
 	$(MAKE) checkmetadata
 	$(MAKE) checkapi
 	$(MAKE) -j4 goporto
 	$(MAKE) crosslink
 	$(MAKE) -j4 gotidy
-	$(MAKE) genotelcontribcol
-	$(MAKE) genoteltestbedcol
 	$(MAKE) gendistributions
 	$(MAKE) -j4 generate
 	$(MAKE) multimod-verify