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+# Configuration file for ReadTheDocs, used to render the CV32E40X
+# User Manual to https://docs.openhwgroup.org/projects/cv32e40x-user-manual.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:Apache-2.0 WITH SHL-2.1
+
+version: 2
+
+#build:
+#  os: "ubuntu-20.04"
+#  tools:
+#    python: "3.9"
+
+# Build from the docs/user_manual/source directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/user_manual/source/conf.py
+
+# Explicitly set the Python requirements
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/user_manual/requirements.txt