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+
+test: sandbox/bin/pythontidy
+	sandbox/bin/pythontidy setup.py
+
+sandbox/bin/pythontidy: dist/PythonTidy-1.21.zip sandbox/bin/easy_install
+	sandbox/bin/easy_install dist/PythonTidy-1.21.zip
+
+dist/PythonTidy-1.21.zip:
+	python setup.py egg_info -RDb '' sdist --formats=zip
+
+sandbox/bin/easy_install:
+	virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute sandbox
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf dist/ sandbox/
+
+.PHONY: test clean