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## Contributing to CXX-Qt

### Clone the Git repository

This repository contains symbolic links, which requires some setup on Windows 10 before cloning the repository.
First, [enable Windows Developer Mode](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/game-bar/guide/developer-mode)
to avoid needing administrator privileges to create symlinks. Then, enable symlinks in Git:

```shell
git config core.symlinks true
```

Now clone the Git repository:

```shell
git clone https://github.com/KDAB/cxx-qt.git
```

### Building

Ensure that you have the following installed
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