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+COMPOSER_BIN_DIR := vendor/bin
+PHPUNIT_ARGS = -c tests/phpunit.xml
+
+test: phpunit-dep
+    ${COMPOSER_BIN_DIR}/phpunit ${PHPUNIT_ARGS}
+
+phpunit-dep:
+    test -f ${COMPOSER_BIN_DIR}/phpunit || ( \
+        echo "phpunit is required to run tests." \
+             "Please run: composer install" >&2 && \
+        exit 1 \
+    )
+
+.SILENT:
+.PHONY: test phpunit-dep
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