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+.PHONY += help
+help:
+	@echo -e "\nhelp: show this help page"
+	@echo "clean: remove all running artifacts (pycache...)"
+	@echo -e "mrproper: clean and remove all downloaded artifacts (venv, samples, .pt...)\n"
+
+PHONY += clean
+clean:
+	@echo RM __pycache__
+	@$(RM) -r $(shell find . -type d -name "__pycache__")
+
+PHONY += mrproper
+mrproper: clean
+	@echo RM venv
+	@$(RM) -r $(shell find . -type d -name "venv") $(shell find . -type d -name ".venv")
+	@echo RM samples-8x8.json
+	@$(RM) -r $(shell find . -type f -name "samples-8x8.json*")
+	@echo RM *.pt
+	@$(RM) -r $(shell find . -type f -name "*.pt")
+
+.PHONY: $(PHONY)