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+extraction:
+  cpp:
+    configure:
+      command:
+        - mkdir _lgtm_build_dir
+        - cd _lgtm_build_dir
+        - wget -O apache-geode.zip http://mirror.transip.net/apache/geode/1.7.0/apache-geode-1.7.0.zip
+        - unzip apache-geode.zip
+        - cmake -DGEODE_ROOT="`pwd`/apache-geode-1.7.0" ..
+        - cd dependencies && cmake --build . -- -j2
+    index:
+      build_command:
+        - cd _lgtm_build_dir && cmake --build . --target apache-geode  -- -j 2
+  csharp:
+    index:
+      buildless: true