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+sonar.projectKey=elections
+
+# relative paths to source directories. More details and properties are described
+# in https://sonarcloud.io/documentation/project-administration/narrowing-the-focus/
+sonar.sources=.
+sonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=./coverage.out
+sonar.coverage.exclusions=**/*_test.go
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