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+# This file is part of PySWIFTsim.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 loic.hausammann@epfl.ch
+# 
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Automake stuff
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+# Show the way...
+SUBDIRS = src
+
+# Non-standard files that should be part of the distribution.
+# EXTRA_DIST = INSTALL.swift .clang-format format.sh