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+## Usage: 
+
+go_files := $(wildcard cmd/*.go)
+path := $(shell pwd)
+
+all: clean build
+
+clean:
+	@-rm -rf ./build
+
+build:
+	@-mkdir ./build
+	go build -v -ldflags="-s -w" -o build/certificateapi ${go_files}
+	@file certificateapi