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+# tree-sitter-dust
+
+Tree sitter implementation for the Dust programming language.
+
+This repository is used to enable sytax highlighting and other developer-friendly features for Dust. To use this repository with [Helix], clone it and add the following to your `languages.toml` file.
+
+```toml
+[[language]]
+name = "dust"
+scope = "source.dust"
+injection-regex = "dust"
+file-types = ["ds", "dust"]
+roots = [".git"]
+comment-token = "#"
+grammar = "dust"
+
+[[grammar]]
+name = "dust"
+source.path = "/path/to/tree-sitter-dust"
+```
+
+[Helix]: https://helix-editor.com/
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