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+### JetBrains template
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio
+
+*.iml
+
+## Directory-based project format:
+.idea/
+# if you remove the above rule, at least ignore the following:
+
+# User-specific stuff:
+# .idea/workspace.xml
+# .idea/tasks.xml
+# .idea/dictionaries
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files:
+# .idea/dataSources.ids
+# .idea/dataSources.xml
+# .idea/sqlDataSources.xml
+# .idea/dynamic.xml
+# .idea/uiDesigner.xml
+
+# Gradle:
+# .idea/gradle.xml
+# .idea/libraries
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin:
+# .idea/mongoSettings.xml
+
+## File-based project format:
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+
+## Plugin-specific files:
+
+# IntelliJ
+/out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+
+# Created by .ignore support plugin (hsz.mobi)
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+{
+  "name": "vendor_name/package_name",
+  "description": "A module to help you jumpstart development of ImpressCMS modules",
+  "minimum-stability": "beta",
+  "license": "GPL",
+  "authors": [
+    {
+      "name": "David Janssens (fiammybe)",
+      "email": "david.j@impresscms.org"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "INBOX International Inc.",
+      "email": "info@inboxintl.com"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Steve Kenow (skenow)",
+      "email": "skenow@impresscms.org"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "René Sato (sato-san)",
+      "email": "sato-san@impresscms.org"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Steffen Floher (QM-B)"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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