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+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+info:
+	@echo "Achtung: nur auf Entwicklungs- und Testservern einsetzen!"
+	@echo "make build: build the jar files"
+	@echo "make psql: start psql shell on the database"
+	@echo "make resetdata: reset the data in the database"
+	@echo "make run: run catalina and watch the output"
+	@echo "make test: run all continuous integration tests"
+	@echo "make testdomain: run one specific test for domains"
+
+build:
+	source ~/.profile
+	cd ~/hsadmin/util && mvn clean install
+	cd ~/hsadmin/qserv && mvn clean install
+	cd ~/hsadmin/hsarback && mvn package -DskipTests
+	cp ~/hsadmin/qserv/target/hsadmin-*.jar ~/tomcatmq/webapps/hsar/WEB-INF/lib/
+	cp ~/hsadmin/util/target/hsadmin-*.jar ~/tomcatmq/webapps/hsar/WEB-INF/lib/
+
+
+resetdata:
+	psql -U tim03_hsatest < ~/hsadmin/hsarback/database/dropschema.sql
+	psql -U tim03_hsatest < ~/hsadmin/hsarback/database/schema.sql
+	psql -U tim03_hsatest < ~/hsadmin/hsarback/database/data.sql
+
+test: resetdata
+	source ~/.profile
+	cd ~/hsadmin/hsarback && mvn test -Dtest=ContinuousIntegrationTest
+
+testdomain: resetdata
+	source ~/.profile
+	cd ~/hsadmin/hsarback && mvn test -Dtest=InitDataTest && mvn test -Dtest=DomainTest
+
+run:
+	source ~/.profile
+	cd ~/tomcatmq && ./bin/catalina.sh run
+
+psql:
+	WHOAMI=`whoami` && psql -U $${WHOAMI//\-/_}