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+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Shows this help command
+	@egrep -h '\s##\s' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+build: ## builds the application
+	dotnet restore
+	dotnet build
+	
+pub: ## Build and publish the artifacts
+	dotnet restore
+	dotnet publish -o out
+	rm ./out/appsettings.json
+
+docker-build: ## Generates the docker image
+	docker build -t "newsbot.portal" .
+	docker image ls | grep newsbot.portal
+
+docker-run: ## Runs the docker compose
+	docker compose up -d
+