diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Gedit autosave files:
+*~
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# IPython Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# dotenv
+.env
+
+# virtualenv
+.venv/
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import os
+
+reqs = [
+'mock',
+'coveralls',
+'sphinx',
+'mako',
+'pyramid',
+'pyramid_mako',
+'waitress',
+]
+
+try:
+   import pypandoc
+   README = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
+except (IOError, ImportError):
+   README = ''
+
+setup(name='cogfusion',
+      version='0.0',
+      author='Daniel Kessler, Cogfusion Authors',
+      author_email='kesslerd@umich.edu',
+      description='...',
+      packages=find_packages(),
+      url = 'https://github.com/dankessler/cogfusion',
+      test_suite="tests",
+      zip_safe=False,
+      license='MIT',
+      long_description=README,
+      classifiers=[
+            'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+            'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+            'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering'],
+      install_requires=reqs,
+      include_package_data=True,
+      )
diff --git a/travis.yml b/travis.yml
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+++ b/travis.yml
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+language: 
+  - python
+install:
+  - "pip install -e ."
+script:
+  - coverage run --source=niprov setup.py test
+after_success:
+  - coveralls