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-include AUTHORS
-include ChangeLog
-exclude .gitignore
-exclude .gitreview
-
-include magnum/db/sqlalchemy/alembic.ini
-include magnum/db/sqlalchemy/alembic/script.py.mako
-
-global-exclude *.pyc