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+# Makefile for managing the project
+
+# Variables
+DOCKER_COMPOSE = docker-compose
+DB_CONTAINER = postgres
+DB_USER = refactor
+DB_PASSWORD = password
+DB_NAME = refactor_platform
+DB_URL = postgres://$(DB_USER):$(DB_PASSWORD)@localhost:5432/$(DB_NAME)
+
+# Default target
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Show this help message
+    @echo "Usage: make [target]"
+    @echo ""
+    @echo "Targets:"
+    @awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", "Target", "Description"} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 }' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+
+.PHONY: up
+up: ## Start all services using Docker Compose
+    $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d
+
+.PHONY: down
+down: ## Stop all services using Docker Compose
+    $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) down
+
+.PHONY: rebuild-db
+rebuild-db: ## Rebuild the database using the provided shell script
+    ./scripts/rebuild_db.sh
+
+.PHONY: migrate
+migrate: ## Run database migrations
+    DATABASE_URL=$(DB_URL) sea-orm-cli migrate up -s $(DB_NAME)
+
+.PHONY: seed-db
+seed-db: ## Seed the database with test data
+    cargo run --bin seed_db
+
+.PHONY: logs
+logs: ## Show logs for all services
+    $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) logs -f
+
+.PHONY: ps
+ps: ## List all running services
+    $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) ps
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: ## Build all Docker images
+    $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) build
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: ## Remove all stopped containers and unused images
+    docker system prune -f
+
+.PHONY: generate-entity
+generate-entity: ## Generate a new Entity from the database
+    DATABASE_URL=$(DB_URL) sea-orm-cli generate entity -s $(DB_NAME) -o entity/src -v --with-serde both --serde-skip-deserializing-primary-key --ignore-tables {table to ignore} --ignore-tables {other table to ignore}
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