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+Gemfile.lock
+.bundled_gems/
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+group :development, :test do
+  gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper', :require => false
+
+  gem 'metadata-json-lint'
+  # This is nice and all, but let's not worry about it until we've actually
+  # got puppet 4.x sorted
+  # gem 'puppet-lint-param-docs'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-absolute_classname-check'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-absolute_template_path'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-trailing_newline-check'
+
+  # Puppet 4.x related lint checks
+  gem 'puppet-lint-unquoted_string-check'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-empty_string-check'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-leading_zero-check'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-variable_contains_upcase'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check'
+  gem 'puppet-lint-undef_in_function-check'
+
+  if puppetversion = ENV['PUPPET_GEM_VERSION']
+    gem 'puppet', puppetversion, :require => false
+  else
+    gem 'puppet', '~> 3.0', :require => false
+  end
+
+end
+
+# vim:ft=ruby