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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+GOLANG_FILES ?= $(error PYTHON_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-golang-sca
+
+lint : lint-golang-sca
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Run goformat on files on sandbox files.
+##   1) find . -name '*.go' -print0
+##      - gather all *.go sources (-name '*.go')
+##      - pass as a list of null terminated items (-print0)
+##   2) xargs --null --max-args=[n] --no-run-if-empty gofmt -d
+##      - Iterate over the list (xargs --null)
+##      - process one item per line (--max-args=1)
+##      - display filename-to-check (--verbose)
+##      - display content when diffs are detected:
+##           gofmt -d
+##           gofmt -d -s
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-golang-sca-xargs := $(null)
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --null#+           # Source paths are null terminated
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --max-args=1#+     # Check one file at a time
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --no-run-if-empty
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --verbose#+        # Display source path to check
+
+## [INPLACE-EDITS] make lint-golang-sca FIX=1
+ifdef FIX
+  lint-golang-sca-args += -w
+endif
+
+lint-golang-sca:
+	find . -name '*.go' -print0 \
+	    | xargs $(lint-golang-sca-xargs) gofmt -d -s
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-golang-sca            Syntax check golang sources"
+	@echo "    MODIFIER: FIX=1          Correct problems (gofmt -d -s -w)"
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]