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+{% set version = "1.2.0" %}
+
+package:
+  name: lamassemble
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://gitlab.com/mcfrith/lamassemble/-/archive/{{ version }}/lamassemble-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 04d5a2f62d487c860f9b375066e068cbdfa7be7fb8068054f027e8ea05eb3058
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  noarch: python
+  script: python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - python
+    - setuptools
+  run:
+    - python
+    - last
+    - mafft
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - lamassemble --help
+
+about:
+  home: https://gitlab.com/mcfrith/lamassemble
+  summary: Merge overlapping "long" DNA reads into a consensus sequence
+  license: MIT
+  license_file: LICENSE