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-include AUTHORS LICENSE .functests .unittests .probetests test/__init__.py
-include CHANGELOG CONTRIBUTING.rst README.rst
-include babel.cfg
-include test/sample.conf
-include tox.ini
-include requirements.txt test-requirements.txt
-graft doc
-graft etc
-graft swift/locale
-recursive-include swift/common/middleware/s3api/schema *.rng
-graft test/functional
-graft test/probe
-graft test/unit