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+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ladyada for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+python:
+  version: "3.6"
+  install:
+    - requirements_file: docs/requirements.txt
+    - requirements_file: requirements.txt
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+docutils<0.18
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