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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# 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.d
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 2.4.0
+
+# ---------------------------
+# Macros: command refactoring
+# ---------------------------
+docker-iam     ?= --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g)#          # override for local use
+docker-run     = docker run --rm $(docker-iam)#        # Docker command stem
+docker-run-is  = $(docker-run) $(is-stdin)             # Attach streams when interactive
+docker-run-app = $(docker-run-is) -v ${CURDIR}:/app#   # w/filesystem mount
+is-stdin       = $(shell test -t 0 && echo "-it")
+
+voltha-protos-v5 ?= /go/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5
+
+# Docker volume mounts: container:/app/release <=> localhost:{pwd}/release
+vee-golang     = -v gocache-${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}:/go/pkg
+vee-citools    = voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}
+
+# ---------------
+# Tool Containers
+# ---------------
+docker-go-stem = $(docker-run-app) -v gocache:/.cache $(vee-golang) $(vee-citools)-golang
+
+# Usage: GO := $(call get-docker-go,./my.env.temp)
+get-docker-go = $(docker-go-stem) go
+GO            ?= $(call get-docker-go)
+
+# Usage: GO_SH := $(call get-docker-go-sh,./my.env.temp)
+get-docker-go-sh = $(docker-go-stem) $(if $(1),--env-file $(1)) sh -c
+GO_SH            ?= $(call get-docker-go-sh,./my.env.temp)
+
+# Usage: PROTOC := $(call get-docker-protoc)
+get-docker-protoc = $(docker-run-app) $(vee-citools)-protoc protoc
+PROTOC            ?= $(call get-docker-protoc)
+
+# get-docker-protoc-sh = $(strip )
+PROTOC_SH = $(docker-run-is)
+ifdef voltha-protos-v5
+   PROTOC_SH += -v ${CURDIR}:$(voltha-protos-v5)
+   PROTOC_SH += --workdir=$(voltha-protos-v5)
+endif
+PROTOC_SH += $(vee-citools)-protoc sh -c
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]