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+# Makefile for building CORD docs site, guide.opencord.org
+# Building docs requires the following tools:
+#  - Gitbook toolchain: https://toolchain.gitbook.com/setup.html
+#  - NPM (for Gitbook and Swagger)
+#  - Python (for build glossary script)
+#  - linkchecker (for test target) http://wummel.github.io/linkchecker/
+
+default: serve
+
+# use bash for pushd/popd, and to fail if commands within  a pipe fail
+SHELL = bash -o pipefail
+
+GENERATED_DOCS =
+
+serve: setup
+	gitbook serve --port 4040
+
+build: setup
+	gitbook build
+
+setup: cord-tester xos xos-gui xos-tosca swagger $(GENERATED_DOCS)
+	gitbook init
+	gitbook install
+
+test: linkcheck lint
+
+linkcheck: build
+	linkchecker --check-extern -a _book/
+
+lint:
+	@echo "markdownlint(mdl) version: `mdl --version`"
+	@echo "style config:"
+	@echo "---"
+	@cat mdlstyle.rb
+	@echo "---"
+	mdl -s mdlstyle.rb `find -L . ! -path "./partials/*" ! -path "./_book/*" ! -path "./node_modules/*" ! -path "./cord-tester/modules/*" -name "*.md"`
+
+# link directories that contain other documentation
+cord-tester:
+	ln -s ../test/cord-tester/docs cord-tester
+
+xos:
+	ln -s ../orchestration/xos/docs xos
+
+xos-gui:
+	ln -s ../orchestration/xos-gui/docs xos-gui
+
+xos-tosca:
+	ln -s ../orchestration/xos-tosca/docs xos-tosca
+
+swagger: xos
+	pushd ../orchestration/xos/docs/; make swagger_docs; popd;
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(GENERATED_DOCS)
+	rm -rf _book
+	rm -rf node_modules
+	rm -rf cord-tester test xos xos-gui xos-tosca
+