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 Documentation will end up in `doc.rendered/`.
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+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+General python dependencies are documented in [./setup.cfg](`setup.cfg`).
+
+### Runtime dependencies
+- Puppet
+- Puppet Strings
+
+### Testing dependencies
+- `flake8`
+- `mypy`
+- `pytest`
+
+### Documentation dependencies
+- sphinx