;examples: debconf: make check-*

examples/debconf/Makefile

@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ all: \
 dc%:
 	git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse http://salsa.debian.org/debconf-team/public/data/$@
 	git -C $@ sparse-checkout set --no-cone budget '!budget/invoices'
+
+# make check-ledger, check-hledger - check readability
+check-%:
+	@for d in dc*; do printf "$$d: "; ledger -f $$d/budget/journal.ledger stats >/dev/null && echo ok; done
+

examples/debconf/README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-DebConf does their accounting with Ledger.
+# DebConf ledgers
 
+DebConf does their accounting with Ledger.
 Eg: <https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-team/public/data/dc25/-/tree/main/budget>
 
-These repos are big; to clone just the accounting data for a few recent years, run `make` here.
+Each year has its own repo, and the repos are big.
-Or to clone all years (starting 2017), `make all`.
+To clone just the accounting data for a few recent years: `make`
+To clone all years, starting 2017: `make all`
+
+Some years (eg 24 and 25) can be read by hledger as-is;
+others may need some conversion, eg of [amount expressions](https://hledger.org/ledger.html#amount-expressions).
+To check hledger readability for the years you have downloaded: `make check-hledger`
+To check ledger readability: `make check-ledger`
 
-Some years (eg 24 and 25) can be read by hledger with no changes needed;
-others may need some conversion, eg [amount expressions](https://hledger.org/ledger.html#amount-expressions).