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+# Template file for 'arduino-cli'
+pkgname=arduino-cli
+version=0.2.0
+revision=1
+_status="-alpha.preview"
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version}${_status}
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/arduino/arduino-cli"
+short_desc="Arduino command line interface"
+maintainer="Jasper Chan <jasperchan515@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli"
+distfiles="https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/archive/${version}${_status}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8ad3154862c91d23c934b2e871315b7b3e010570e828e3239ee361d61d38bc03