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+init:
+	pip install -r reqs.txt
+
+test:
+	nosetests test_requests.py --processes=30
+
+ci: init
+	nosetests --search-test --processes=30 --with-nosexunit test_requests.py
+	pyflakes requests | awk -F\: '{printf "%s:%s: [E]%s\n", $1, $2, $3}' > violations.pyflakes.txt
+
+site:
+	cd docs; make dirhtml
+
+docs: site