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+# Template file for 'esbuild'
+pkgname=esbuild
+version=0.25.4
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path=github.com/evanw/esbuild
+go_package="./cmd/esbuild"
+checkdepends="nodejs pnpm yarn"
+short_desc="Extremely fast bundler for the web"
+maintainer="Luca Matei Pintilie <luca@lucamatei.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://esbuild.github.io/"
+changelog="https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/releases"
+distfiles="https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4661a2b1d2b1db035a19eca5e771a40b6c16b23279aae02022def9fa45ed5ad9
+
+do_check() {
+	# Skip test-deno (deno not packaged) and decorator-tests (not in a git
+	# repo) and test-wasm-node (exec fail) and js-api-tests (fails in CI)
+	make test-go vet-go no-filepath verify-source-map end-to-end-tests plugin-tests register-test node-unref-tests ts-type-tests lib-typecheck-node lib-typecheck-node-nolib
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.md
+}