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+# Determine this makefile's path.
+# Be sure to place this BEFORE `include` directives, if any.
+THIS_FILE := $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
+
+
+### oplog requires protoc-gen-go v1.20.0 or later 	
+# GO111MODULE=on go get -u google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.20.1
+proto:
+	protoc  --go_out=paths=source_relative:. ./db_test/db_test.proto
+	protoc-go-inject-tag -input=./db_test/db_test.pb.go
+
+.PHONY: proto
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