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+# Variables
+PYTHON_DIRS = batdetect2 tests
+DOCS_SOURCE = docs/source
+DOCS_BUILD = docs/build
+HTML_COVERAGE_DIR = htmlcov
+
+# Default target (optional, often 'help' or 'all')
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+# Phony targets (targets that don't produce a file with the same name)
+.PHONY: help test coverage coverage-report coverage-html docs docs-serve format format-check lint lint-fix typecheck check clean clean-pyc clean-test clean-docs clean-build
+
+help:
+	@echo "Makefile Targets:"
+	@echo "  help             Show this help message."
+	@echo "  test             Run tests using pytest."
+	@echo "  coverage         Run tests and generate coverage data (.coverage, coverage.xml)."
+	@echo "  coverage-report  Show coverage report in the terminal."
+	@echo "  coverage-html    Generate an HTML coverage report in htmlcov/."
+	@echo "  docs             Build documentation using Sphinx."
+	@echo "  docs-serve       Serve documentation with live reload using sphinx-autobuild."
+	@echo "  format           Format code using ruff."
+	@echo "  format-check     Check code formatting using ruff."
+	@echo "  lint             Lint code using ruff."
+	@echo "  lint-fix         Lint code using ruff and apply automatic fixes."
+	@echo "  typecheck        Type check code using pyright."
+	@echo "  check            Run all checks (format-check, lint, typecheck)."
+	@echo "  clean            Remove all build, test, documentation, and Python artifacts."
+	@echo "  clean-pyc        Remove Python bytecode and cache."
+	@echo "  clean-test       Remove test and coverage artifacts."
+	@echo "  clean-docs       Remove built documentation."
+	@echo "  clean-build      Remove package build artifacts."
+
+# Testing & Coverage
+test:
+	pytest tests
+
+coverage:
+	pytest --cov=batdetect2 --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml tests
+
+coverage-report: coverage
+	@echo "Generating HTML coverage report..."
+	coverage html -d $(HTML_COVERAGE_DIR)
+	@echo "HTML coverage report generated in $(HTML_COVERAGE_DIR)/"
+	@echo "Serving report at http://localhost:8000/ ..."
+	python -m http.server --directory $(HTML_COVERAGE_DIR)
+
+# Documentation
+docs:
+	sphinx-build -b html $(DOCS_SOURCE) $(DOCS_BUILD)
+
+docs-serve:
+	sphinx-autobuild $(DOCS_SOURCE) $(DOCS_BUILD) --watch $(PYTHON_DIRS)
+
+# Formatting & Linting
+format:
+	ruff format $(PYTHON_DIRS)
+
+format-check:
+	ruff format --check $(PYTHON_DIRS)
+
+lint:
+	ruff check $(PYTHON_DIRS)
+
+lint-fix:
+	ruff check --fix $(PYTHON_DIRS)
+
+# Type Checking
+typecheck:
+	pyright $(PYTHON_DIRS)
+
+# Combined Checks
+check: format-check lint typecheck test
+
+# Cleaning tasks
+clean-pyc:
+	find . -type f -name "*.py[co]" -delete
+	find . -type d -name "__pycache__" -exec rm -rf {} +
+
+clean-test:
+	rm -f .coverage coverage.xml
+	rm -rf .pytest_cache htmlcov/
+
+clean-docs:
+	rm -rf $(DOCS_BUILD)
+
+clean-build:
+	rm -rf build/ dist/ *.egg-info/
+
+clean: clean-build clean-pyc clean-test clean-docs