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+#
+# Main component makefile.
+#
+# This Makefile can be left empty. By default, it will take the sources in the 
+# src/ directory, compile them and link them into lib(subdirectory_name).a 
+# in the build directory. This behaviour is entirely configurable,
+# please read the ESP-IDF documents if you need to do this.
+#
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