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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2020 avency GmbH (https://www.avency.de) & Contributors of this package
+
+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, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+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
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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+# Gitea API Client
+
+This package provides an API client for [Gitea](https://gitea.io) API Version 1.
+
+*Caution! This package is still under development*
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+This package has the following requirements:
+
+* PHP 7.2
+
+### Installing
+
+Install latest version via composer:
+
+```
+composer require avency/gitea
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/avency/gitea//blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
+
+## Versioning
+
+We use [SemVer](http://semver.org/) for versioning. For the versions available,
+see the [tags on this repository](https://github.com/avency/gitea/contributors).
+
+## Authors
+
+* Michael Gerdemann - [avency GmbH](https://www.avency.de)
+
+See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/avency/gitea/graphs/contributors) who
+participated in this project.
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the
+[LICENSE.md](https://github.com/avency/gitea//blob/master/LICENSE.md) file for details