diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.gem
+*.rbc
+.bundle
+.config
+.yardoc
+Gemfile.lock
+InstalledFiles
+_yardoc
+coverage
+doc/
+lib/bundler/man
+pkg
+rdoc
+spec/reports
+test/tmp
+test/version_tmp
+tmp
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in hanover.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2012 Bryce Kerley
+
+MIT License
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Hanover
+
+TODO: Write a gem description
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+    gem 'hanover'
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install hanover
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO: Write usage instructions here
+
+## Contributing
+
+1. Fork it
+2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Added some feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
+5. Create new Pull Request
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+#!/usr/bin/env rake
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
diff --git a/hanover.gemspec b/hanover.gemspec
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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+require File.expand_path('../lib/hanover/version', __FILE__)
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
+  gem.authors       = ["Bryce Kerley"]
+  gem.email         = ["bkerley@brycekerley.net"]
+  gem.description   = %q{TODO: Write a gem description}
+  gem.summary       = %q{TODO: Write a gem summary}
+  gem.homepage      = ""
+
+  gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split($\)
+  gem.executables   = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+  gem.name          = "hanover"
+  gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  gem.version       = Hanover::VERSION
+end
diff --git a/lib/hanover.rb b/lib/hanover.rb
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+require "hanover/version"
+
+module Hanover
+  # Your code goes here...
+end
diff --git a/lib/hanover/version.rb b/lib/hanover/version.rb
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+++ b/lib/hanover/version.rb
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+module Hanover
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end