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-include AUTHORS
-include README.rst
-include ChangeLog
-include LICENSE
-include neutron_lbaas/db/migration/alembic_migrations/script.py.mako
-recursive-include neutron_lbaas/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions *
-
-exclude .gitignore
-exclude .gitreview
-
-global-exclude *.pyc