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+# Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Original copyright 2020-present ADTRAN, Inc.
+#
+# 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
+
+# set default shell
+SHELL = bash -e -o pipefail
+
+# Variables
+VERSION   ?= $(shell cat ./VERSION)
+LINT_ARGS ?= --verbose --configure LineTooLong:130 -e LineTooLong \
+             --configure TooManyTestSteps:60 -e TooManyTestSteps \
+             --configure TooManyTestCases:50 -e TooManyTestCases \
+             --configure TooFewTestSteps:1 \
+             --configure TooFewKeywordSteps:1 \
+             --configure FileTooLong:1500 -e FileTooLong \
+             -e TrailingWhitespace
+
+ROBOT_FILES  := $(shell find . -name *.robot -print)
+
+# For each makefile target, add ## <description> on the target line and it will be listed by 'make help'
+help: ## Print help for each Makefile target
+	@echo "Usage: make [<target>]"
+	@echo "where available targets are:"
+	@echo
+	@grep '^[[:alpha:]_-]*:.* ##' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) \
+		| sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":.* ## "}; {printf "%-25s : %s\n", $$1, $$2};'
+
+vst_venv:
+	virtualenv -p python3 $@ ;\
+	source ./$@/bin/activate ;\
+	python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+test: vst_venv
+	source ./$</bin/activate ; set -u ;\
+	rflint $(LINT_ARGS) $(ROBOT_FILES)
+
+clean:
+	find . -name output.xml -print
+
+clean-all: clean
+	rm -rf vst_venv gendocs
+
+# end file
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