diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+.PHONY: update-version increment-major increment-minor increment-patch test build clean install lint format check publish
+
+# Version file location
+VERSION_FILE := VERSION
+VERSION_PHP_FILE := src/Version.php
+COMPOSER_FILE := composer.json
+
+# PHP commands
+PHP := php
+COMPOSER := composer
+PHPUNIT := vendor/bin/phpunit
+PHPSTAN := vendor/bin/phpstan
+PHP_CS_FIXER := vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer
+
+update-version:
+	@echo "$(VERSION)" > $(VERSION_FILE)
+	@perl -pi -e 's|const VERSION = '\''[.\-\d\w]+'\'';|const VERSION = '\''$(VERSION)'\'';|' $(VERSION_PHP_FILE)
+	@if [ -f "$(COMPOSER_FILE)" ]; then \
+		perl -pi -e 's|"version"\s*:\s*"[.\-\d\w]+"|"version": "$(VERSION)"|' $(COMPOSER_FILE); \
+	fi
+	@echo "Updated version to $(VERSION)"
+
+increment-major:
+	$(eval CURRENT := $(shell cat $(VERSION_FILE)))
+	$(eval MAJOR := $(shell echo $(CURRENT) | cut -d. -f1))
+	$(eval NEW_VERSION := $(shell echo $$(($(MAJOR) + 1)).0.0))
+	@$(MAKE) update-version VERSION=$(NEW_VERSION)
+	@echo "Version bumped from $(CURRENT) to $(NEW_VERSION)"
+
+increment-minor:
+	$(eval CURRENT := $(shell cat $(VERSION_FILE)))
+	$(eval MAJOR := $(shell echo $(CURRENT) | cut -d. -f1))
+	$(eval MINOR := $(shell echo $(CURRENT) | cut -d. -f2))
+	$(eval NEW_VERSION := $(MAJOR).$(shell echo $$(($(MINOR) + 1))).0)
+	@$(MAKE) update-version VERSION=$(NEW_VERSION)
+	@echo "Version bumped from $(CURRENT) to $(NEW_VERSION)"
+
+increment-patch:
+	$(eval CURRENT := $(shell cat $(VERSION_FILE)))
+	$(eval MAJOR := $(shell echo $(CURRENT) | cut -d. -f1))
+	$(eval MINOR := $(shell echo $(CURRENT) | cut -d. -f2))
+	$(eval PATCH := $(shell echo $(CURRENT) | cut -d. -f3))
+	$(eval NEW_VERSION := $(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(shell echo $$(($(PATCH) + 1))))
+	@$(MAKE) update-version VERSION=$(NEW_VERSION)
+	@echo "Version bumped from $(CURRENT) to $(NEW_VERSION)"
+
+install:
+	@echo "Installing dependencies..."
+	@$(COMPOSER) install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+
+install-dev:
+	@echo "Installing development dependencies..."
+	@$(COMPOSER) install
+
+test:
+	@echo "Running tests..."
+	@$(PHPUNIT) --testdox
+
+test-coverage:
+	@echo "Running tests with coverage..."
+	@XDEBUG_MODE=coverage $(PHPUNIT) --coverage-html coverage --coverage-text
+	@echo "Coverage report generated in coverage/index.html"
+
+format:
+	@echo "Formatting code..."
+	@if [ -f "$(PHP_CS_FIXER)" ]; then \
+		$(PHP_CS_FIXER) fix --allow-risky=yes; \
+	else \
+		echo "PHP CS Fixer not found. Install it with: composer require --dev friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer"; \
+	fi
+
+format-check:
+	@echo "Checking code formatting..."
+	@if [ -f "$(PHP_CS_FIXER)" ]; then \
+		$(PHP_CS_FIXER) fix --dry-run --diff --allow-risky=yes; \
+	else \
+		echo "PHP CS Fixer not found. Install it with: composer require --dev friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer"; \
+	fi
+
+lint:
+	@echo "Running PHPStan static analysis..."
+	@if [ -f "$(PHPSTAN)" ]; then \
+		$(PHPSTAN) analyse --memory-limit=512M; \
+	else \
+		echo "PHPStan not found. Install it with: composer require --dev phpstan/phpstan"; \
+	fi
+
+typecheck: lint
+
+check: format-check lint test
+	@echo "All checks passed!"
+
+build: clean
+	@echo "Building package..."
+	@$(COMPOSER) validate --strict
+	@$(COMPOSER) install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --prefer-dist
+
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning build artifacts..."
+	@rm -rf vendor/
+	@rm -rf coverage/
+	@rm -rf .phpunit.cache/
+	@rm -rf .phpunit.result.cache
+	@rm -rf .php-cs-fixer.cache
+	@rm -rf composer.lock
+	@find . -type f -name '.DS_Store' -delete
+
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+4.15.1
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