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-# Exclude development and CI/CD files from release archives
-/.github export-ignore
-/.phan export-ignore
-/tests export-ignore
-/codeception.yml export-ignore
-/.travis.yml export-ignore
-/.dependencies export-ignore
-/.editorconfig export-ignore