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+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
+  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
+)
+
+LINK_DIRECTORIES(
+  ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lemon
+)
+
+# Uncomment (and adjust) the following two lines. 'myprog' is the name
+# of the final executable ('.exe' will automatically be added to the
+# name on Windows) and 'myprog-main.cc' is the source code it is
+# compiled from. You can add more source files separated by
+# whitespaces. Moreover, you can add multiple similar blocks if you
+# want to build more than one executables.
+
+# ADD_EXECUTABLE(myprog myprog-main.cc)
+# TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(myprog lemon)
+