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+# Template file for 'gi-docgen'
+pkgname=gi-docgen
+version=2021.6
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-Pygments python3-typogrify python3-Jinja2 python3-toml"
+short_desc="Documentation generator for GObject-based libraries"
+maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
+license="Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/gi-docgen/"
+distfiles="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen/-/archive/$version/gi-docgen-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=d43cc51cb0c614f8906469bf313dbd23337f355a3281ecd4324980be773cdff1
+make_check=no # no tests, but check fails