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+# Include the license and changelog
+include LICENSE ChangeLog.rst
+# Exclude development tooling
+exclude Makefile requirements.txt .pylintrc  reclass.py
+# Exclude testing infra
+exclude run_tests.py
+prune reclass/tests
+prune reclass/datatypes/tests
+prune reclass/storage/tests
+prune reclass/utils/tests
+prune reclass/values/tests
+# Exclude "source only" content
+prune doc
+prune examples