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+.PHONY: compile extract update
+
+extract:
+	pybabel extract --mapping babel.cfg --output messages.pot ./
+
+compile:
+	pybabel compile --directory translations/ --domain messages
+
+update: extract
+	pybabel update --input-file messages.pot --output-dir translations/ --domain messages