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+## This Makefile uses the help target explained in the following blogpost:
+##
+## https://victoria.dev/blog/how-to-create-a-self-documenting-makefile/
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Show this help
+	@egrep -h '\s##\s' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | \
+		sort | \
+		awk \
+		'BEGIN  {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+.PHONY: test-integration
+test-integration: ## run integration tests through API client. Config is read from `~/.bottin.yaml`. WARNING: affects data in the database, do not run on production server
+	docker-compose down && docker-compose up -d --build && sleep 2 && go test