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+# will add the license headers to all of our files
+# requires go installed in your system: https://golang.org/doc/install
+addheaders:
+	@which addlicense > /dev/null || go get -u github.com/google/addlicense
+	@addlicense -c "The Serverless Workflow Specification Authors" -l apache .
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