diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+gemspec
+gem "logstash", :github => "elasticsearch/logstash", :branch => "1.5"
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Elasticsearch <http://www.elasticsearch.org>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+require "logstash/devutils/rake"
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/example.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/example.rb
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+# encoding: utf-8
+require "logstash/outputs/base"
+require "logstash/namespace"
+
+# An example output that does nothing.
+class LogStash::Outputs::Example < LogStash::Outputs::Base
+  config_name "example"
+
+  public
+  def register
+  end # def register
+
+  public
+  def receive(event)
+  end # def event
+end # class LogStash::Outputs::Example
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diff --git a/logstash-output-example.gemspec b/logstash-output-example.gemspec
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+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = 'logstash-output-example'
+  s.version = '0.1.0'
+  s.licenses = ['Apache License (2.0)']
+  s.summary = "This example output does nothing."
+  s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
+  s.authors = ["Elasticsearch"]
+  s.email = 'info@elasticsearch.com'
+  s.homepage = "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/logstash/current/index.html"
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  # Files
+  s.files = `git ls-files`.split($\)
+   # Tests
+  s.test_files = s.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+
+  # Special flag to let us know this is actually a logstash plugin
+  s.metadata = { "logstash_plugin" => "true", "logstash_group" => "output" }
+
+  # Gem dependencies
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash', '>= 1.4.0', '< 2.0.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'logstash-devutils'
+end
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diff --git a/spec/outputs/example_spec.rb b/spec/outputs/example_spec.rb
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+require "logstash/devutils/rspec/spec_helper"