diff --git a/mergers/dict/base.py b/mergers/dict/base.py
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+#
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of reclass (http://github.com/madduck/reclass)
+#
+# Copyright © 2007–13 martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
+# Released under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0
+#
+from mergers.base import BaseMerger
+
+class BaseDictMerger(BaseMerger):
+    pass