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+# Copyright (c) 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import sys
+
+import recipe_util  # pylint: disable=F0401
+
+
+# This class doesn't need an __init__ method, so we disable the warning
+# pylint: disable=W0232
+class Chromium(recipe_util.Recipe):
+  """Basic Recipe class for Chromium."""
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def fetch_spec(props):
+    url = 'https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp.git'
+    solution = { 'name'   :'gyp',
+                 'url'    : url,
+                 'managed'   : False,
+                 'custom_deps': {},
+                 'safesync_url': '',
+    }
+    spec = {
+      'solutions': [solution],
+    }
+    return {
+      'type': 'gclient_git',
+      'gclient_git_spec': spec,
+    }
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def expected_root(_props):
+    return 'gyp'
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+  return Chromium().handle_args(argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.exit(main(sys.argv))