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 .cpcache
+/target
+.lein-failures
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+(defproject babashka/babashka.pods "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"
+  :description "babashka pods"
+  :url "https://github.com/babashka/babashka.pods"
+  :scm {:name "git"
+        :url "https://github.com/babashka/babashka.pods"}
+  :license {:name "EPL-1.0"
+            :url "https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-1.0/"}
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.2-alpha1"]
+                 [nrepl/bencode "1.1.0"]
+                 [cheshire "5.10.0"]]
+  :deploy-repositories [["clojars" {:url "https://clojars.org/repo"
+                                    :username :env/babashka_nrepl_clojars_user
+                                    :password :env/babashka_nrepl_clojars_pass
+                                    :sign-releases false}]]
+  :profiles {:test {:dependencies [[borkdude/sci "0.0.13-alpha.24"]]}})