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+# Template file for 'vala-language-server'
+pkgname=vala-language-server
+version=0.48.1
+revision=1
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config vala"
+makedepends="libgee08-devel glib-devel jsonrpc-glib-devel vala-devel json-glib-devel"
+short_desc="Code Intelligence for Vala & Genie"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-only"
+homepage="https://github.com/benwaffle/vala-language-server"
+distfiles="https://github.com/benwaffle/$pkgname/archive/refs/tags/$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=d752f7aa9fad94d1d34e99038be312528c5808e6c0132bc91df2a8ce670cff45