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+ifeq ($(shell go env GOOS),windows)
+EXE=.exe
+else
+EXE=
+endif
+
+DIST=dist
+BINDIR=.
+
+BASENAME=$(notdir $(shell pwd))
+PROGRAM=$(BINDIR)/$(BASENAME)$(EXE)
+LAST_RELEASE=
+
+REPO=$(shell go list | head -n 1)
+IMAGE=$(BASENAME)
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
+DOCKER=docker
+PACKAGE=$(DIST)/$(basename $(notdir $(PROGRAM)))-$(shell go env GOOS)-$(shell go env GOARCH).zip
+
+
+.PHONY: $(PROGRAM)
+
+all: $(PROGRAM)
+
+compile: $(PROGRAM)
+
+$(PROGRAM): $(BINDIR)
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	go build -ldflags="-X '$(REPO)/program.Version=${VERSION}'" -o $(PROGRAM)
+
+package: $(PACKAGE)
+
+$(PACKAGE): $(PROGRAM)
+
+# These next 2 recipes know how to make .zip and .tar files, which are used implicitly in making the package
+%.zip:
+	mkdir $(dir $@)
+	zip -j $@ $?
+
+%.tar.gz %.tgz:
+	mkdir $(dir $@)
+	tar -czf $@ -C $(dir $<) $(notdir $<)
+
+install:
+	go install -ldflags="-X '$(REPO)/program.Version=${VERSION}'"
+
+image:
+	$(DOCKER) build -f Dockerfile --build-arg PROGRAM=$(BASENAME) --build-arg VERSION=$(VERSION) --build-arg BASENAME=$(BASENAME) -t $(IMAGE) .
+
+test:
+	go test -v ./...
+
+vet:
+	go vet ./...
+
+changelog: CHANGELOG.md
+CHANGELOG.md: .chglog/config.yml
+	git chglog $(LAST_RELEASE) >$@
+
+.chglog/config.yml: go.mod
+	sed -i.bak -e "s|repository_url:.*|repository_url: https://$(REPO)|" $@
+
+hooks: .git/hooks/pre-commit
+
+.git/hooks/pre-commit: .pre-commit-config.yaml
+	pre-commit install
+	pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg
+
+
+info::
+	@echo BASENAME=$(BASENAME)
+	@echo PROGRAM=$(PROGRAM)
+	@echo IMAGE=$(IMAGE)
+
+
+tools:
+	go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
+	go install github.com/go-critic/go-critic/cmd/gocritic@latest
+	go install github.com/securego/gosec/v2/cmd/gosec@latest
+	
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