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+# just to convenietly be able to run "make" in the root directory
+
+.PHONY: autodoc clean
+autodoc:
+	$(MAKE) -Csrc -flev-dokument.mk -flev-protokoll.mk -j autodoc
+
+clean:
+	git clean -xdf ./src