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+# ------------------------------
+# cmake config / project
+# ------------------------------
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 4.1.0)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+
+project(dbd-unlocker LANGUAGES CXX C)
+set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
+
+# ------------------------------
+# msvc stuff
+# ------------------------------
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
+	string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " /EHsc /DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN /utf-8 /Zc:char8_t")
+	if("${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME}" STREQUAL "x64")
+		string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " /D_AMD64_")
+	elseif(CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM STREQUAL "Win32")
+		string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " /D_WIN32_")
+	else()
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "unhandled architecture")
+	endif()
+endif()
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------
+# folder grouping
+# ------------------------------------------------------
+function(group_files sources)
+	foreach(FILE ${sources})
+		get_filename_component(PARENT_DIR "${FILE}" DIRECTORY)
+		string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/" "" GROUP "${PARENT_DIR}") # remove full dir
+		string(REGEX MATCH "[A-Za-z0-9_-]+/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+" GROUPNAME ${GROUP}) # get the first two folders from dir
+		string(LENGTH ${GROUPNAME} GROUPLEN) # get project name len
+		string(SUBSTRING ${GROUP} ${GROUPLEN} -1 GROUP) # remove project name from dir
+		source_group("${GROUP}" FILES "${FILE}") # group file
+	endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
+# ---------------------
+# dependencies
+# ---------------------
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+
+# ---------------------
+# warnings
+# ---------------------
+add_library(dbd-unlocker-warnings INTERFACE)
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
+	target_compile_options(dbd-unlocker-warnings INTERFACE /W4 /WX)
+else()
+	target_compile_options(dbd-unlocker-warnings INTERFACE -Wall -Wextra -Werror)
+endif()
+
+# ------------------------------
+# unlocker
+# ------------------------------
+file(GLOB_RECURSE UNLOCKER_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/unlocker/*.cpp" "src/unlocker/*.h")
+add_executable(dbd-unlocker ${UNLOCKER_SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} dbd-unlocker-warnings)
+target_include_directories(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE__DIR})
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