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+.PHONY: apigen compser test docs mkdocs
+
+PHONGO_LIB_VERSION=`php -r 'require "src/Collection.php"; echo MongoDB\Collection::VERSION, "\n";'`
+COMPOSER_ARGS=update --no-interaction --prefer-source
+PHPUNIT_ARGS=--process-isolation
+
+composer:
+	@command -v composer >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+	if test $$? -eq 0; then \
+		composer $(COMPOSER_ARGS) ;\
+	elif test -r composer.phar; then \
+		php composer.phar $(COMPOSER_ARGS); \
+	else \
+		echo "Cannot find composer :("; \
+		echo "Aborting."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+
+test: composer
+	@command -v phpunit >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+	if test $$? -eq 0; then \
+		phpunit $(PHPUNIT_ARGS) ;\
+	elif test -r phpunit.phar; then \
+		php phpunit.phar $(PHPUNIT_ARGS); \
+	else \
+		echo "Cannot find phpunit :("; \
+		echo "Aborting."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+
+apigen:
+	@command -v apigen >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+	if test $$? -eq 0; then \
+		apigen generate
+	elif test -r phpunit.phar; then \
+		php apigen generate \
+	else \
+		echo "Cannot find apigen :("; \
+		echo "Aborting."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+
+mkdocs:
+	@command -v mkdocs >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+	if test $$? -eq 0; then \
+        mkdocs build --clean \
+    else \
+		echo "Cannot find apigen :("; \
+		echo "Aborting."; \
+		exit 1; \
+    fi
+
+docs-api: apigen
+
+docs: mkdocs
+
+
+release: test RELEASE
+	@echo "Please run:"
+	@echo "		" git commit -m \"Add $(PHONGO_LIB_VERSION) release notes\" RELEASE-$(PHONGO_LIB_VERSION)
+	@echo "		" git tag -a -m \"Release phongo-library $(PHONGO_LIB_VERSION)\" $(PHONGO_LIB_VERSION)
+	@echo "		" git push --tags
+	@echo "		" make release-docs
+	@echo "And don't forget to pump version in src/Collection.php"
+
+docs:
+	mkdocs build --clean
+
+release-docs: docs
+	mkdocs gh-deploy --clean
+
+RELEASE:
+	@git log --pretty=format:"%ad  %an  <%ae>%n%x09* %s%n" --date short --since="$$(git show -s --format=%ad `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)" > RELEASE-$(PHONGO_LIB_VERSION)
+