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+# Makefile for testing JJB jobs in a virtualenv
+
+.PHONY: test clean
+
+VENV_DIR      ?= venv-jjb
+JJB_VERSION   ?= 2.0.0
+JOBCONFIG_DIR ?= job-configs
+
+$(VENV_DIR):
+	@echo "Setting up virtualenv for JJB testing"
+	virtualenv $@
+	$@/bin/pip install jenkins-job-builder==$(JJB_VERSION) pipdeptree
+
+$(JOBCONFIG_DIR):
+	mkdir $@
+
+test: $(VENV_DIR) $(JOBCONFIG_DIR)
+	source $(VENV_DIR)/bin/activate ; \
+	pipdeptree ; \
+	jenkins-jobs -l DEBUG test --recursive -o $(JOBCONFIG_DIR) jjb/ ;
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(VENV_DIR) $(JOBCONFIG_DIR)