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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+# Run ocamlformat, installing the required version via opam if necessary.
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+TARGET_VERSION=$(grep version .ocamlformat | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
+
+if [ -z $TARGET_VERSION ]
+then
+  echo "Could not find .ocamlformat file containing version"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$(command -v ocamlformat)" ] ||
+   [ "$TARGET_VERSION" != "$(ocamlformat --version)" ]
+then
+    opam install "ocamlformat.$TARGET_VERSION"
+fi
+
+ocamlformat "$@"