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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+all-local:
+	./gradlew $(GRADLE_OPTS) compile \
+		-Prelease=true \
+		--console=plain
+
+install-exec-hook:
+	./gradlew $(GRADLE_OPTS) publishToMavenLocal \
+		-Prelease=true \
+		--console=plain
+
+clean-local:
+	./gradlew $(GRADLE_OPTS) clean \
+		-Prelease=true \
+                --console=plain
+
+check-local: $(THRIFT)
+	./gradlew $(GRADLE_OPTS) test \
+		-Prelease=true \
+		--console=plain
+
+maven-publish:
+	./gradlew $(GRADLE_OPTS) publishMavenPublicationToMavenRepository \
+		-Prelease=true \
+                -Psign=true \
+		--console=plain
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	CMakeLists.txt \
+	README.md \
+	build.gradle \
+	coding_standards.md \
+	gradle \
+	gradle.properties \
+	gradlew \
+	gradlew.bat \
+	settings.gradle \
+	src