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-# githubs api has a rate limit of 60/h if not authorised.
-# you may quickly hit that and get rate limited. To counteract this, you can provide a github token
-# here and it will be used. To do so, create a token at the following links and just leave
-# all permissions at the defaults (public repos read only, 0 permissions):
-# https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/new
-GITHUB_TOKEN=
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-ELECTRON_LAUNCH_FLAGS="--ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-webrtc-pipewire-capturer --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations"
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