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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Dell Inc, or its subsidiaries.
+
+ROOT_DIR='.'
+PROJECTNAME=$(shell basename "$(PWD)")
+
+# Make is verbose in Linux. Make it silent.
+MAKEFLAGS += --silent
+
+compile: get build
+
+build:
+	@echo "  >  Building binaries..."
+	@CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o ${PROJECTNAME} ./cmd/...
+
+get:
+	@echo "  >  Checking if there are any missing dependencies..."
+	@CGO_ENABLED=0 go get ./...
+
+tools:
+	go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
+	go get github.com/kisielk/errcheck
+	go get github.com/axw/gocov/gocov
+	go get github.com/matm/gocov-html
+	go get github.com/tools/godep
+	go get github.com/mitchellh/gox
+	go get github.com/golang/lint/golint
+
+test:
+	@echo "  >  Running ginkgo test suites..."
+	# can replace with a recursive command ginkgo suites are defined for all packages
+	ginkgo grpc pkg/evpn
+
+vet:
+	@CGO_ENABLED=0 go vet -v ./...
+
+errors:
+	errcheck -ignoretests -blank ./...
+
+lint:
+	golint ./...
+
+imports:
+	goimports -l -w .
+
+fmt:
+	@CGO_ENABLED=0 go fmt ./...
+
+mock-generate:
+	@echo "  >  Starting mock code generation..."
+	# Generate mocks for exported interfaces
+	mockery --config=utils/mocks/.mockery.yaml --name=Netlink --dir pkg/utils --output pkg/utils/mocks --boilerplate-file pkg/utils/mocks/boilerplate.txt --with-expecter