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+# Makefile for building and running a Dockerized application
+
+# Docker image name and version
+IMAGE_NAME := zarn
+IMAGE_VERSION := unstable
+CONTAINER_NAME := $(IMAGE_NAME)-container
+
+# Docker commands
+DOCKER := docker
+DOCKER_BUILD := $(DOCKER) build
+DOCKER_RUN := $(DOCKER) run
+DOCKER_EXEC := $(DOCKER) exec
+DOCKER_RM := $(DOCKER) rm
+DOCKER_RMI := $(DOCKER) rmi
+
+
+# Build the Docker image
+build:
+	$(DOCKER_BUILD) -t $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_VERSION) .
+
+# Run the Docker container
+run:
+	$(DOCKER_RUN) --rm --name $(CONTAINER_NAME) $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_VERSION)
+
+# Execute a command inside the running container
+exec:
+	$(DOCKER_EXEC) -it $(CONTAINER_NAME) sh
+
+# Stop and remove the Docker container
+stop:
+	$(DOCKER) stop $(CONTAINER_NAME)
+	$(DOCKER_RM) $(CONTAINER_NAME)
+
+# Remove the Docker image
+clean:
+	$(DOCKER_RMI) $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_VERSION)
+
+# Rebuild the Docker image and run the container
+rebuild: clean build run
+
+# Default target
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := build