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+# -----------------------
+#  Compilation options
+# -----------------------
+
+RELEASE  := 1
+STATIC   := 0
+
+DISABLE_LSQUIC := 0
+NO_DBG_SYMBOLS := 0
+
+
+FLAGS ?=
+
+
+ifeq ($(RELEASE), 1)
+  FLAGS += --release
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(STATIC), 1)
+  FLAGS += --static
+endif
+
+
+ifeq ($(NO_DBG_SYMBOLS), 1)
+  FLAGS += --no-debug
+else
+  FLAGS += --debug
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(DISABLE_LSQUIC), 1)
+  FLAGS += -Ddisable_lsquic
+endif
+
+
+# -----------------------
+#  Main
+# -----------------------
+
+all: invidious
+
+get-libs:
+	shards install --production
+
+# TODO: add support for ARM64 via cross-compilation
+invidious: get-libs
+	crystal build src/invidious.cr $(FLAGS) --progress --stats --error-trace
+
+
+run: invidious
+	./invidious
+
+
+# -----------------------
+#  Development
+# -----------------------
+
+
+format:
+	crystal tool format
+
+test:
+	crystal spec
+
+verify:
+	crystal build src/invidious.cr --no-codegen --progress --stats --error-trace
+
+
+# -----------------------
+#  (Un)Install
+# -----------------------
+
+# TODO
+
+
+# -----------------------
+#  Cleaning
+# -----------------------
+
+clean:
+	rm invidious
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -rf libs
+
+
+# -----------------------
+#  Help page
+# -----------------------
+
+help:
+	echo "Targets available in this Makefile:"
+	echo ""
+	echo "get-libs         Fetch Crystal libraries"
+	echo "invidious        Build Invidious"
+	echo "run              Launch Invidious"
+	echo ""
+	echo "format           Run the Crystal formatter"
+	echo "test             Run tests"
+	echo "verify           Just make sure that the code compiles, but without"
+	echo "                 generating any binaries. Useful to search for errors"
+	echo ""
+	echo "clean            Remove build artifacts"
+	echo "distclean        Remove build artifacts and libraries"
+	echo ""
+	echo ""
+	echo "Build options available for this Makefile:"
+	echo ""
+	echo "RELEASE          Make a release build      (Default: 1)"
+	echo "STATIC           Link librariess tatically (Default: 1)"
+	echo ""
+	echo "DISABLE_LSQUIC   Don't use lsquic          (Default: 0)"
+	echo "NO_DBG_SYMBOLS   Strip debug symbols       (Default: 0)"
+
+
+
+# No targets generates an output named after themselves
+.PHONY all get-libs build amd64 run
+.PHONY format test verify clean distclean help