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+require "formula"
+
+class Kakoune < Formula
+  homepage "https://github.com/mawww/kakoune"
+  head "https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git"
+
+  depends_on 'boost'
+
+  def install
+    cd 'src' do
+      system "make", "install", "PREFIX=#{prefix}"
+    end
+  end
+end