diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
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+DOC_SRC=$(wildcard git*.txt)
+DOC_HTML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(DOC_SRC))
+DOC_MAN=$(patsubst %.txt,%.1,$(DOC_SRC))
+
+all: $(DOC_HTML) $(DOC_MAN)
+
+html: $(DOC_HTML)
+
+man: $(DOC_MAN)
+
+git-%: %.c $(LIB_FILE)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(filter %.c,$^) $(LIBS)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.xml *.html *.1
+
+%.html : %.txt
+	asciidoc -b css-embedded -d manpage $<
+
+%.1 : %.xml
+	xmlto man $<
+
+%.xml : %.txt
+	asciidoc -b docbook -d manpage $<