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+# .readthedocs.yaml
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Build documentation with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+  fail_on_warning: false  # Optional: Set to true if you want the build to fail on warnings.
+
+# Optionally set the OS, Python version and other tools
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
+# Optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF and ePub
+# formats:
+#   - pdf
+#   - epub
+
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
+    - method: pip
+      path: .
+      extra_requirements:
+        - docs
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@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ sphinxext-rediraffe
 sphinxext-opengraph
 sphinx-fortran
 nbsphinx
-ipython
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+ipython
+swiftest
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