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+.. patrole documentation master file, created by
+   sphinx-quickstart on Tue Jul  9 22:26:36 2013.
+   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+   contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to patrole's documentation!
+========================================================
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   readme
+   installation
+   usage
+   contributing
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+