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+workspace(name = "com_github_google_benchmark")
+
+http_archive(
+     name = "com_google_googletest",
+     urls = ["https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/3f0cf6b62ad1eb50d8736538363d3580dd640c3e.zip"],
+     strip_prefix = "googletest-3f0cf6b62ad1eb50d8736538363d3580dd640c3e",
+)