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+# Makefile to make it obvious what operations exist for this repo
+
+GITBOOK := node_modules/.bin/gitbook
+
+default: html
+
+help:
+	@echo "Available make targets:"
+	@echo "  help             - Print this help"
+	@echo "  serve            - Build gitbook static web pages and serve them locally"
+	@echo "  html             - Build gitbook static pages under _book dir"
+	@echo "  pdf              - Build gitbook pdf as book.pdf"
+	@echo
+	@echo "The following additional commands are used internally:"
+	@echo "  check-gitbook    - Check gitbook if gitbook is installed"
+	@echo "  install-gitbook  - Install the gitbook toolchain and plugins needed to build books"
+	@echo "  prepare-gitbook  - Make sure gitbook plugins are installed"
+
+check-gitbook:
+	@echo "Checking 'gitbook' installation..."
+	@if test -x $(GITBOOK) && $(GITBOOK) --version;\
+	 then \
+		echo "Good. You have gitbook installed.";\
+	else \
+		echo "No gitbook execuatble found. Please run:";\
+		echo "";\
+		echo "    make install-gitbook";\
+		echo "";\
+		echo "(You may be prompted for your password.)";\
+	       	echo "";\
+	fi
+
+install-gitbook:
+	@echo "Installing gitbook (may prompt for your password)..."
+	npm install
+	$(GITBOOK) install
+
+prepare-gitbook: check-gitbook
+	@echo "Checking 'gitbook' installation and do what's needed"
+	$(GITBOOK) init
+
+serve: prepare-gitbook
+	@echo "Continuous building and serving static web pages..."
+	$(GITBOOK) serve
+
+html: prepare-gitbook
+	@echo "Building static web pages..."
+	$(GITBOOK) build
+
+pdf: prepare-gitbook
+	@echo "Building PDF book..."
+	$(GITBOOK) pdf . VolthaMissingManual.pdf
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf _book
+	rm -rf VolthaMissingManual.pdf