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+# Test minimal cmake MLIR project
+# REQUIRES: mlir-translate
+# RUN: rm -rf %t
+# RUN: mkdir -p %t/_build
+# RUN: cat %s > %t/CMakeLists.txt
+# RUN: cd %t/_build && %cmake ..  -DMLIR_DIR=`%llvm-config --libdir`/cmake/mlir -DLLVM_DIR=`%llvm-config --libdir`/cmake/llvm && cmake --build .
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18.0)
+project(mlir_out_of_tree)
+
+find_package(MLIR REQUIRED CONFIG)
+
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${MLIR_CMAKE_DIR}")
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${LLVM_CMAKE_DIR}")
+
+include(TableGen)
+include(AddLLVM)
+include(AddMLIR)
+include(HandleLLVMOptions)
+include(MLIRDetectPythonEnv)
+
+add_mlir_aggregate(aggregator
+SHARED
+EMBED_LIBS
+MLIRCAPIIR
+MLIRCAPIRegistration
+)