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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)
+
+# tool containers
+VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 1.0.3
+
+GO                = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app $(shell test -t 0 && echo "-it") -v gocache:/.cache -v gocache-${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}:/go/pkg voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-golang go
+GO_JUNIT_REPORT   = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app -i voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-go-junit-report go-junit-report
+GOCOVER_COBERTURA = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app -i voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-gocover-cobertura gocover-cobertura
+GOFMT             = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app $(shell test -t 0 && echo "-it") voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-golang gofmt
+GOLANGCI_LINT     = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app $(shell test -t 0 && echo "-it") -v gocache:/.cache -v gocache-${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}:/go/pkg voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-golangci-lint golangci-lint
+
+# This should to be the first and default target in this Makefile
+help:
+	@echo "Usage: make [<target>]"
+	@echo "where available targets are:"
+	@echo
+	@echo "build                : Build the library"
+	@echo "clean                : Remove files created by the build"
+	@echo "distclean            : Remove build and testing artifacts and reports"
+	@echo "lint-style           : Verify code is properly gofmt-ed"
+	@echo "lint-sanity          : Verify that 'go vet' doesn't report any issues"
+	@echo "lint-mod             : Verify the integrity of the 'mod' files"
+	@echo "lint                 : Shorthand for lint-style & lint-sanity"
+	@echo "mod-update           : Update go.mod and the vendor directory"
+	@echo "test                 : Generate reports for all go tests"
+	@echo
+
+## build the library
+build:
+	${GO} build -mod=vendor ./...
+
+## lint and unit tests
+
+lint-style:
+	@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..."
+	@${GO} vet -mod=vendor ./...
+	@echo "Sanity check OK"
+
+lint-mod:
+	@echo "Running dependency check..."
+	@${GO} mod verify
+	@echo "Dependency check OK. Running vendor check..."
+	@git status > /dev/null
+	@git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- go.mod go.sum vendor || (echo "ERROR: Staged or modified files must be committed before running this test" && echo "`git status`" && exit 1)
+	@[[ `git ls-files --exclude-standard --others go.mod go.sum vendor` == "" ]] || (echo "ERROR: Untracked files must be cleaned up before running this test" && echo "`git status`" && exit 1)
+	${GO} mod tidy
+	${GO} mod vendor
+	@git status > /dev/null
+	@git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- go.mod go.sum vendor || (echo "ERROR: Modified files detected after running go mod tidy / go mod vendor" && echo "`git status`" && exit 1)
+	@[[ `git ls-files --exclude-standard --others go.mod go.sum vendor` == "" ]] || (echo "ERROR: Untracked files detected after running go mod tidy / go mod vendor" && echo "`git status`" && exit 1)
+	@echo "Vendor check OK."
+
+lint: lint-style lint-sanity lint-mod
+
+sca:
+	rm -rf ./sca-report
+	@mkdir -p ./sca-report
+	${GOLANGCI_LINT} run --out-format junit-xml ./... | tee ./sca-report/sca-report.xml
+
+test:
+	@mkdir -p ./tests/results
+	@${GO} test -mod=vendor -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
+
+clean: distclean
+
+distclean:
+	rm -rf ./sca-report ./tests
+
+mod-update:
+	${GO} mod tidy
+	${GO} mod vendor
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