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+# TODO only run if pathces are not already applied
+
+# TODO how to get elm to re-compute only the selected packages without blowing them all away
+rm -rf ~/.elm/0.19.1/packages/ && \
+elm make --output=/dev/null elm-patches/dummyproject/Dummy.elm && \
+make --directory ./elm-patches && \
+rm -rf elm-stuff
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