diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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+root = true
+
+; Default
+[*]
+; Unix-style line breaks
+end_of_line = lf
+; End file with line break
+insert_final_newline = true
+; Use UTF-8 encoding
+charset = utf-8
+; Use space characters for indenting
+indent_style = space
+; Each indent is 8 space characters
+indent_size = 8
+; No trailing whitespace on lines
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+; Markdown
+[*.md]
+; Trailing whitespace is significant
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+; Allow precise line control
+insert_final_newline = false
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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+# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
+* text eol=lf
diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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+# Code of Conduct
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable MD009 -->
+People are not cows. Don't prod them.  
+People are not dogs. Don't give them commands.
+<!-- markdownlint-enable MD009 -->
+
+## Practical Consequences
+
+Don't make posts like "Any update?" The latest information is in the thread.
+
+Don't tell anyone to do something. If you think something should happen, explain why.
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# sevenrules
+
+Git commit message validator.
+
+## Conduct
+
+Respect agency. Follow the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+## License
+
+Anybody caught using this work without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Study it. Hack it. Publish it, even without naming the source. We made it, that's all we wanted to do.
+
+Released under [the Severn license](LICENSE), an MIT derivative without the notice requirement. Contributor signatures available in the [contributors](https://github.com/severndb/contributors) repository.
+
+NO rights reserved.
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