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+# ESL CI Docker image
+
+A simple docker image with rust nightly, `libudev`, and
+the `thumbv6m-none-eabi` rust target for use in the CI
+pipeline for the course Embedded Systems Lab at TU Delft.
+
+## Usage
+
+The latest version of this docker image is available at
+`git.kallestruik.nl/kalle/esl-docker:latest`.