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+default: run
+
+dependencies:
+	@if [ ! -d ".venv" ]; then python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+
+run: dependencies
+	@.venv/bin/mkdocs serve
+
+.PHONY: dependencies run