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+# it seems that Qt is only installed by default on unstable os at the moment
+os: unstable
+
+# a depth of 50 should be enough (travis uses the same setting)
+clone_depth: 50
+
+environment:
+  QTDIR: C:\Qt\5.4\msvc2013_opengl
+
+install:
+  - git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+before_build:
+  - mkdir build
+  - cd build
+  - cmake ..
+  - cd ..