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+%% -*- mode: Erlang; fill-column: 75; comment-column: 50; -*-
+
+{application, getopt,
+ [{description, "Options parser for Erlang"},
+  {vsn, "0.1"},
+  {modules, [getopt]},
+  {applications, [kernel, stdlib]}]}.