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+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Configuration file override for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+#
+# This file is used when Sphinx build is  invoked directly at this level.
+# It will trigger a copy-files operation and render a new configuration
+# using either auto-detected or cmake provided  parameters.
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Attempt to find the tools directory by recursing up to five levels of parents
+root_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+for i in range(5):
+    root_path = os.path.dirname(root_path)
+    doc_path = os.path.join(root_path, "tools", "documentation")
+    if os.path.isdir(doc_path):
+        sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(doc_path))
+sys.path.append("./")
+
+# Trigger the copy operation logic
+import tfm_copy_files
+
+# Import the rendered configuration into global scope
+from tfm_cmake_defaults import *
+
+from conf_rendered import *