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+#
+# Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# set default shell
+SHELL = bash -e -o pipefail
+
+# Variables
+VERSION                  ?= $(shell cat ./VERSION)
+
+DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY     = false
+ifneq ($(shell git ls-files --others --modified --exclude-standard 2>/dev/null | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g'),0)
+    DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY = true
+endif
+## Docker related
+DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS        ?=
+DOCKER_REGISTRY          ?=
+DOCKER_REPOSITORY        ?=
+DOCKER_TAG               ?= ${VERSION}
+ADAPTER_IMAGENAME        := ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}ofagent-go:${DOCKER_TAG}
+
+## Docker labels. Only set ref and commit date if committed
+DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_URL       ?= $(shell git remote get-url $(shell git remote))
+DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_REF       = $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
+DOCKER_LABEL_BUILD_DATE    ?= $(shell date -u "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+DOCKER_LABEL_COMMIT_DATE   = $(shell git show -s --format=%cd --date=iso-strict HEAD)
+
+DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS ?= \
+	${DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS} \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_version="${VERSION}" \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_vcs_url="${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_URL}" \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_vcs_ref="${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_REF}" \
+	--build-arg org_label_schema_build_date="${DOCKER_LABEL_BUILD_DATE}" \
+	--build-arg org_opencord_vcs_commit_date="${DOCKER_LABEL_COMMIT_DATE}" \
+	--build-arg org_opencord_vcs_dirty="${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY}"
+
+DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS_LOCAL ?= ${DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS} \
+	--build-arg LOCAL_PROTOS=${LOCAL_PROTOS}
+
+.PHONY: docker-build local-protos local-voltha
+
+# This should to be the first and default target in this Makefile
+help:
+	@echo "Usage: make [<target>]"
+	@echo "where available targets are:"
+	@echo
+	@echo "docker-build      : Build ofagent-go docker image"
+	@echo "help              : Print this help"
+	@echo "docker-push       : Push the docker images to an external repository"
+	@echo "lint              : Run lint verification, depenancy, gofmt and reference check"
+	@echo "sca               : Runs various SCA through golangci-lint tool"
+	@echo "test              : Run unit tests, if any"
+	@echo
+
+
+## Local Development Helpers
+
+local-protos:
+ifdef LOCAL_PROTOS
+	mkdir -p vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go
+	cp -r ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/* vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go
+endif
+
+local-voltha:
+ifdef LOCAL_VOLTHA
+	mkdir -p vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/
+	cp -rf ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/ vendor/github.com/opencord/
+	rm -rf vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/vendor
+endif
+
+
+## Docker targets
+
+docker-build: local-protos local-voltha
+	docker build $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) -t ${ADAPTER_IMAGENAME} -f docker/Dockerfile.ofagent-go .
+
+docker-push:
+	docker push ${ADAPTER_IMAGENAME}
+
+## lint and unit tests
+
+lint-style:
+ifeq (,$(shell which gofmt))
+	go get -u github.com/golang/go/src/cmd/gofmt
+endif
+	@echo "Running style check..."
+	@gofmt_out="$$(gofmt -l $$(find . -name '*.go' -not -path './vendor/*'))" ;\
+	if [ ! -z "$$gofmt_out" ]; then \
+	  echo "$$gofmt_out" ;\
+	  echo "Style check failed on one or more files ^, run 'go fmt' to fix." ;\
+	  exit 1 ;\
+	fi
+	@echo "Style check OK"
+
+lint-sanity:
+	@echo "Running sanity check..."
+	@go vet ./...
+	@echo "Sanity check OK"
+
+lint-dep:
+	@echo "Running dependency check..."
+	@dep check
+	@echo "Dependency check OK"
+
+lint: lint-style lint-sanity lint-dep
+
+GO_JUNIT_REPORT:=$(shell which go-junit-report)
+GOCOVER_COBERTURA:=$(shell which gocover-cobertura)
+test:
+ifeq (,$(GO_JUNIT_REPORT))
+	go get -u github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
+	@GO_JUNIT_REPORT=$(GOPATH)/bin/go-junit-report
+endif
+
+ifeq (,$(GOCOVER_COBERTURA))
+	go get -u github.com/t-yuki/gocover-cobertura
+	@GOCOVER_COBERTURA=$(GOPATH)/bin/gocover-cobertura
+endif
+
+	@mkdir -p ./tests/results
+
+	@go test -v -coverprofile ./tests/results/go-test-coverage.out -covermode count ./... 2>&1 | tee ./tests/results/go-test-results.out ;\
+	RETURN=$$? ;\
+	$(GO_JUNIT_REPORT) < ./tests/results/go-test-results.out > ./tests/results/go-test-results.xml ;\
+	$(GOCOVER_COBERTURA) < ./tests/results/go-test-coverage.out > ./tests/results/go-test-coverage.xml ;\
+	exit $$RETURN
+
+GOLANGCI_LINT_TOOL:=$(shell which golangci-lint)
+sca:
+ifeq (,$(GOLANGCI_LINT_TOOL))
+	@echo "Please install golangci-lint tool to run sca"
+	exit 1
+endif
+	@mkdir -p ./sca-report
+	GO111MODULE=on golangci-lint run --out-format junit-xml ./... 2>&1 | tee ./sca-report/sca-report.xml ;\
+	RETURN=$$? ;\
+	exit $$RETURN
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf sca-report
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -rf ${VENVDIR}
+
+# end file