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+#
+# This file is part of reclass (http://github.com/madduck/reclass)
+#
+# Copyright © 2007–13 martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
+# Released under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0
+#
+PYFILES = $(shell find -name .git -o -name dist -o -name build -prune -o -name '*.py' -print)
+
+tests:
+	python ./run_tests.py
+.PHONY: tests
+
+lint:
+	@echo pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc $(ARGS) …
+	@pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc $(ARGS) $(PYFILES)
+.PHONY: lint
+
+lint-errors: ARGS=--errors-only
+lint-errors: lint
+.PHONY: lint-errors
+
+lint-report: ARGS=--report=y
+lint-report: lint
+.PHONY: lint-report
+
+coverage: .coverage
+	python-coverage -r -m
+.PHONY: coverage
+.coverage: $(PYFILES)
+	python-coverage -x setup.py nosetests
+
+docs:
+	$(MAKE) -C doc man html
+
+GH_BRANCH=gh-pages
+HTMLDIR=doc/build/html
+docspub:
+ifeq ($(shell git branch --list $(GH_BRANCH)-base),)
+	@echo "Please fetch the $(GH_BRANCH)-base branch from Github to be able to publish documentation:" >&2
+	@echo "  git branch gh-pages-base origin/gh-pages-base" >&2
+	@false
+else
+	$(MAKE) docs
+	git checkout $(GH_BRANCH) || git checkout -b $(GH_BRANCH) $(GH_BRANCH)-base
+	git reset --hard $(GH_BRANCH)-base
+	git add $(HTMLDIR)
+	git mv $(HTMLDIR)/* .
+	git commit -m'Webpage update'
+	git push -f $(shell git config --get branch.$(GH_BRANCH)-base.remote) $(GH_BRANCH)
+	git checkout '@{-1}'
+endif
+
+docsclean:
+	$(MAKE) -C doc clean