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Match your product release cycle with multiple versions of your docs. Automatically build versions from any branch or tag.

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.readthedocs.yaml

version: 2
build:
  os: ubuntu-22.04
  tools:
    python: "3.10"
    # You can also specify other tool versions:
    # nodejs: "16"

# Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py

# Dependencies required to build your docs
python:
   install:
   - requirements: docs/requirements.txt

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