diff --git a/sql/.gitignore b/sql/.gitignore
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+*-stamp
+autodoc/
+swh-scheduler.dump
diff --git a/sql/Makefile b/sql/Makefile
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+# Depends: postgresql-client, postgresql-autodoc
+
+DBNAME = softwareheritage-scheduler-dev
+DOCDIR = autodoc
+
+SQL_SCHEMA  = swh-scheduler-schema.sql
+SQLS = $(SQL_SCHEMA)
+
+PSQL_BIN = psql
+PSQL_FLAGS = --echo-all -X -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1
+PSQL = $(PSQL_BIN) $(PSQL_FLAGS)
+
+all:
+
+createdb: createdb-stamp
+createdb-stamp: $(SQL_INIT)
+	createdb $(DBNAME)
+	touch $@
+
+filldb: filldb-stamp
+filldb-stamp: createdb-stamp
+	cat $(SQLS) | $(PSQL) $(DBNAME)
+	touch $@
+
+dropdb:
+	-dropdb $(DBNAME)
+
+dumpdb: swh-scheduler.dump
+swh-scheduler.dump: filldb-stamp
+	pg_dump -Fc $(DBNAME) > $@
+
+doc: autodoc-stamp $(DOCDIR)/swh-scheduler.pdf
+autodoc-stamp: filldb-stamp
+	test -d $(DOCDIR)/ || mkdir $(DOCDIR)
+	postgresql_autodoc -d $(DBNAME) -f $(DOCDIR)/swh
+	cp -a $(DOCDIR)/swh-scheduler.dot $(DOCDIR)/swh-scheduler.dot.orig
+	touch $@
+
+$(DOCDIR)/swh-scheduler.pdf: autodoc-stamp
+	dot -T pdf $(DOCDIR)/swh-scheduler.dot > $(DOCDIR)/swh-scheduler.pdf
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf *-stamp $(DOCDIR)/
+
+distclean: clean dropdb
+	rm -f swh-scheduler.dump
+
+.PHONY: all initdb createdb dropdb doc clean