diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+
+project(lib_cpp_h5_writer)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+set (LIB_CPP_H5_WRITER_VERSION "1.0.0")
+
+set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+
+# Download and unpack googletest at configure time
+
+configure_file(googletest.in googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt)
+
+execute_process(
+        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download"
+        )
+
+execute_process(
+        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" --build .
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download"
+        )
+
+set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+add_subdirectory(
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
+add_subdirectory("core-writer")
+add_subdirectory("csaxs")
+add_subdirectory("sf")
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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt.in b/googletest.in
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rename from CMakeLists.txt.in
rename to googletest.in