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+Makefile
+========
+
+To build, verify, and install `lnd` from source, use the following
+commands:
+```
+make
+make check
+make install
+```
+
+Developers
+==========
+
+This document specifies all commands available from `lnd`'s `Makefile`.
+The commands included handle:
+- Installation of all go-related dependencies.
+- Compilation and installation of `lnd` and `lncli`.
+- Compilation and installation of `btcd` and `btcctl`.
+- Running unit and integration suites.
+- Testing, debugging, and flake hunting.
+- Formatting and linting.
+
+Commands
+========
+
+- [`all`](#scratch)
+- [`btcd`](#btcd)
+- [`build`](#build)
+- [`check`](#check)
+- [`clean`](#clean)
+- [`default`](#default)
+- [`dep`](#dep)
+- [`flake-unit`](#flake-unit)
+- [`flakehunter`](#flakehunter)
+- [`fmt`](#fmt)
+- [`install`](#install)
+- [`itest`](#itest)
+- [`lint`](#lint)
+- [`list`](#list)
+- [`rpc`](#rpc)
+- [`scratch`](#scratch)
+- [`travis`](#travis)
+- [`unit`](#unit)
+- [`unit-cover`](#unit-cover)
+- [`unit-race`](#unit-race)
+
+`all`
+-----
+Compiles, tests, and installs `lnd` and `lncli`. Equivalent to 
+[`scratch`](#scratch) [`check`](#check) [`install`](#install).
+
+`btcd`
+------
+Ensures that [`github.com/Masterminds/glide`][glide] is installed, and
+that the [`github.com/roasbeef/btcd`][btcd] repository is checked out
+locally. Lastly, installs the version of 
+[`github.com/roasbeef/btcd`][btcd] specified in `Gopkg.toml`
+
+`build`
+-------
+Compiles the current source and vendor trees, creating `./lnd` and
+`./lncli`.
+
+`check`
+-------
+Installs the version of [`github.com/roasbeef/btcd`][btcd] specified
+in `Gopkg.toml`, then runs the unit tests followed by the integration
+tests.
+
+Related: [`unit`](#unit) [`itest`](#itest)
+
+`clean`
+-------
+Removes compiled versions of both `./lnd` and `./lncli`, and removes the
+`vendor` tree.
+
+`default`
+---------
+Alias for [`scratch`](#scratch).
+
+`dep`
+------
+Ensures that [`github.com/golang/dep/cmd/dep`][dep] is installed, then
+updates then dependencies in the `vendor` tree using `dep ensure`.
+
+`flake-unit`
+------------
+Runs the unit test endlessly until a failure is detected.
+
+Arguments:
+- `pkg=<package>` 
+- `case=<testcase>`
+- `timeout=<timeout>`
+
+Related: [`unit`](#unit)
+
+`flakehunter`
+-------------
+Runs the itegration test suite endlessly until a failure is detected.
+
+Arguments:
+- `icase=<itestcase>`
+- `timeout=<timeout>`
+
+Related: [`itest`](#itest)
+
+`fmt`
+-----
+Runs `go fmt` on the entire project. 
+
+`install`
+---------
+Copies the compiled `lnd` and `lncli` binaries into `$GOPATH/bin`.
+
+`itest`
+-------
+Installs the version of [`github.com/roasbeef/btcd`][btcd] specified in
+`Gopkg.toml`, builds the `./lnd` and `./lncli` binaries, then runs the
+integration test suite.
+
+Arguments:
+- `icase=<itestcase>`
+- `timeout=<timeout>`
+
+`lint`
+------
+Ensures that [`gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v1`][gometalinter] is
+installed, then lints the project.
+
+`list`
+------
+Lists all known make targets.
+
+`rpc`
+-----
+Compiles the `lnrpc` proto files.
+
+`scratch`
+---------
+Compiles all dependencies and builds the `./lnd` and `./lncli` binaries.
+Equivalent to [`lint`](#lint) [`dep`](#dep) [`btcd`](#btcd)
+[`unit-race`](#unit-race).
+
+`travis`
+--------
+**Note**: This must be run with either `RACE=true` or `RACE=false`.
+- `RACE=true` runs [`lint`](#lint) [`scratch`](#scratch) [`btcd`](#btcd)
+  [`unit-race`](#unit-race).
+- `RACE=false` runs [`lint`](#lint) [`scratch`](#scratch) [`itest`](#itest) 
+  [`unit-cover`](#unit-cover). Afterwards,
+  [`github.com/mattn/goveralls`][goveralls] is installed, and the coverage stats
+  are uploaded to [coveralls.io](https://coveralls.io).
+
+`unit`
+------
+Runs the unit test suite. By default, this will run all known unit tests.
+
+Arguments:
+- `pkg=<package>` 
+- `case=<testcase>`
+- `timeout=<timeout>`
+
+`unit-cover`
+------------
+Runs the unit test suite with test coverage, compiling the statisitics in
+`profile.cov`.
+
+Arguments:
+- `pkg=<package>` 
+- `case=<testcase>`
+- `timeout=<timeout>`
+
+Related: [`unit`](#unit)
+
+`unit-race`
+-----------
+Runs the unit test suite with go's race detector.
+
+Arguments:
+- `pkg=<package>` 
+- `case=<testcase>`
+- `timeout=<timeout>`
+
+Related: [`unit`](#unit)
+
+[btcd]: https://github.com/roasbeef/btcd (github.com/roasbeef/btcd")
+[glide]: https://github.com/Masterminds/glide (github.com/Masterminds/glide)
+[gometalinter]: https://gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v1 (gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v1)
+[dep]: https://github.com/golang/dep/cmd/dep (github.com/golang/dep/cmd/dep)
+[goveralls]: https://github.com/mattn/goveralls (github.com/mattn/goveralls)