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+CMakeLists.txt.user*
+*.kdev4
+*.swp
+/build/
+/3rdparty/
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+
+In order to build this repository, you need to clone the following submodules
+(as the current KDE git infrastructure does not support submodules)
+
+[submodule "3rdparty/azmq"]
+	path = 3rdparty/azmq
+	url = https://github.com/zeromq/azmq
+
+You can do it by executing the following from the repository root:
+
+    mkdir 3rdparty
+    git clone https://github.com/zeromq/azmq 3rdparty/azmq