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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: This test suite will validate repo:helm-repo-tools scripts
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+null	:=#
+space	:=$(null) $(null)
+HIDE	?= @
+
+src = $(wildcard *.bats)
+bats := $(subst .bats,$(null),$(src))
+.PHONY: $(bats)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+all:
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: test
+test += test-bats
+test : $(test)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: test-bats
+test-bats : $(bats)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(bats) :
+	$(HIDE)./$@.bats
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display target help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo 'Usage: $(MAKE) [options] [target] ...'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' \
+	  'test' 'Launch available test suites'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'test-bats' \
+	  'Launch available BATS shell test suites'
+
+	@echo
+	@echo '[TEST: by name]'
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory help-bats
+
+	@echo
+	@echo '[HELP]'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'help'      'Display target usage'
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'help-bats' 'Display a list of test suites'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help-bats := $(addprefix help--,$(bats))
+help-bats : $(help-bats)
+$(help-bats) :
+	@printf '  $(MAKE) %-33.33s %s\n' "$(lastword $(subst -,$(space),$@))" ''
+
+# [EOF]