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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-robot lint-robot-all lint-robot-modified
+
+have-robot-files := $(if $(strip $(ROBOT_FILES)),true)
+ROBOT_FILES ?= $(error ROBOT_FILES= is required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-ROBOT
+  lint-robot-mode := $(if $(have-robot-files),modified,all)
+  lint : lint-robot-$(lint-robot-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-ROBOT
+
+# Consistent targets across lint makefiles
+lint-robot-all      : lint-robot
+lint-robot-modified : lint-robot
+
+LINT_ARGS ?= --verbose --configure LineTooLong:130 -e LineTooLong \
+             --configure TooManyTestSteps:65 -e TooManyTestSteps \
+             --configure TooManyTestCases:50 -e TooManyTestCases \
+             --configure TooFewTestSteps:1 \
+             --configure TooFewKeywordSteps:1 \
+             --configure FileTooLong:2000 -e FileTooLong \
+             -e TrailingWhitespace
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-robot: $(venv-activate-script)
+	@echo
+	@echo '** -----------------------------------------------------------------------'
+	@echo '** robot *.rst syntax checking'
+	@echo '** -----------------------------------------------------------------------'
+#	$(activate) && rflint --version
+	$(activate) && rflint $(LINT_ARGS) $(ROBOT_FILES)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-robot          Syntax check python using the robot command'
+  ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '  lint-robot-all       robot checking: exhaustive'
+	@echo '  lint-robot-modified  robot checking: only modified'
+  endif
+
+# [EOF]