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+pkg/
+tmp/
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+1.0.1
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+map-fields version 1.0.0
+    by Andrew Timberlake
+    http://github.com/internuity/map-fields
+
+== DESCRIPTION
+
+A Rails plugin which provides a hook to preview and map the fields of an uploaded CSV file to a pre-defined schema
+
+== CHANGES
+
+* Initial release
+