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+# rewild / stone in a glasshouse
+
+## Development
+
+### Compiling
+
+`haxe compile.hxml`
+
+### Running
+
+`hl rewild.hl`
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+.PHONY: watch
+
+rewild.hl: **/*.hx
+	haxe compile.hxml
+
+watch:
+	@inotifywait --recursive --monitor --event modify,move,create,delete --include '.*.hx$$' ./ | while read changed; do echo $$changed; make; done