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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# be in an existing git cloned atdb-ldv directory (like $HOME/my_docker/atdb-ldv)
+
+git pull
+export DOCKER_BUILD_DIR=$HOME/my_docker/atdb-ldv/atdb
+cd $DOCKER_BUILD_DIR
+
+cd atdb
+docker build -t atdb-ldv:latest .
+
+cd docker
+docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose-dev-local.yml -p atdb up -d
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