diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
+OpenDev Sandbox Project
+=======================
+
+https://docs.opendev.org/opendev/infra-manual/latest/sandbox.html
+
+Feel free to experiment with this project to learn the Gerrit workflow
+
+Please do not delete or modify
+
+ README.md
+ setup.py
+ setup.cfg
 
-hello
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[metadata]
+name = sandbox
+summary = The sandbox
+description-file =
+    README.rst
+author = OpenStack Infrastructure Team
+author-email = openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org
+home-page = http://docs.openstack.org/infra/system-config/
+classifier =
+    Intended Audience :: Information Technology
+    Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
+
+[pbr]
+warnerrors = True
+
+[build_sphinx]
+source-dir = doc/source
+build-dir = doc/build
+all_files = 1
+warning-is-error = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
+import setuptools
+
+# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
+# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
+# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
+try:
+    import multiprocessing  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0'],
+    pbr=True)