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+; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; lexical-binding: t; no-byte-compile: t -*-
+
+(eldev-use-package-archive 'gnu)
+
+;; the tests depend on the assess library
+;; (eldev-add-extra-dependencies 'test 'assess)
+
+(eldev-use-plugin 'autoloads)