diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
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+++ b/.Rbuildignore
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+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+.Ruserdata
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+Package: leaflet.providers
+Type: Package
+Title: What the Package Does (Title Case)
+Version: 0.1.0
+Author: Who wrote it
+Maintainer: The package maintainer <yourself@somewhere.net>
+Description: More about what it does (maybe more than one line)
+    Use four spaces when indenting paragraphs within the Description.
+License: What license is it under?
+Encoding: UTF-8
+LazyData: true
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
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+++ b/NAMESPACE
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+exportPattern("^[[:alpha:]]+")
diff --git a/R/hello.R b/R/hello.R
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+# Hello, world!
+#
+# This is an example function named 'hello' 
+# which prints 'Hello, world!'.
+#
+# You can learn more about package authoring with RStudio at:
+#
+#   http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/
+#
+# Some useful keyboard shortcuts for package authoring:
+#
+#   Install Package:           'Cmd + Shift + B'
+#   Check Package:             'Cmd + Shift + E'
+#   Test Package:              'Cmd + Shift + T'
+
+hello <- function() {
+  print("Hello, world!")
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# leaflet.providers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/leaflet.providers.Rproj b/leaflet.providers.Rproj
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+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 2
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: Sweave
+LaTeX: pdfLaTeX
+
+AutoAppendNewline: Yes
+StripTrailingWhitespace: Yes
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source
diff --git a/man/hello.Rd b/man/hello.Rd
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+\name{hello}
+\alias{hello}
+\title{Hello, World!}
+\usage{
+hello()
+}
+\description{
+Prints 'Hello, world!'.
+}
+\examples{
+hello()
+}