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+#
+# Copyright 2008 Google 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
+# limitations under the License.
+
+GERRIT_SRC=../gerrit
+GERRIT_MODULES=codereview froofle
+
+all:
+
+clean:
+	find . -name \*.pyc -type f | xargs rm -f
+
+update-pyclient:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(GERRIT_SRC) release-pyclient
+	rm -rf $(GERRIT_MODULES)
+	(cd $(GERRIT_SRC)/release/pyclient && \
+	 find . -type f \
+	 | cpio -pd $(abspath .))