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+# simple Makefile with scripts that are otherwise hard to remember
+# to use, run from the repo root `make <command>`
+
+# Runs ruff, fixing any safely-fixable errors and formatting
+ruff:
+		ruff check . --fix
+		ruff format .
+
+# Runs ruff, fixing all errors it can fix and formatting
+ruff-unsafe:
+		ruff check . --fix --unsafe-fixes
+		ruff format .
+
+# Runs mypy, using the config in pyproject.toml
+mypy:
+		mypy scripts/invokeai-web.py
+
+# Runs mypy, ignoring the config in pyproject.toml but still ignoring missing (untyped) imports
+mypy-all:
+		mypy scripts/invokeai-web.py --config-file= --ignore-missing-imports
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