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+dockerclean:
+	-docker container stop facultyactivity
+	docker image rm facultyactivity
+
+dockerbuild: 
+	-docker image rm facultyactivity
+	docker build -t facultyactivity .
+
+gobuild: 
+	go build -o activity
+
+gorelease: 
+	go build -tags netgo,osusergo -ldflags '-extldflags "static"' -o activity
+
+goclean: 
+	rm activity
+
+gotest:
+	go test -v
+
+stop:
+	docker container stop facultyactivity
+
+run:
+	docker run --rm -dit --name facultyactivity -v "$(PWD)":/srv/www/vhosts/faculty -p 9001:80 facultyactivity
+
+apacheize:
+	-sudo chown -R 33:33 data
+
+fullrun: apacheize run
+
+build: gobuild dockerbuild
+
+clean: dockerclean goclean
+
+rebuild: clean build
+
+cleanhurltest:
+	-sudo chown -R $(USER):$(USER) data
+	-sudo chown -R $(USER):$(USER) uploads
+	-rm data/*json
+	-rm data/*jsonl
+	-rm data/gradingreport.sqlite
+	-rm uploads/*csv
+	-rm hurl/payload.json 
+	-rm hurl/secret.json 
+	-rm hurl/users.json
+	-cd hurl && ./clear_test_tokens.sh