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+sonar.organization=openkonsequenz
+# must be unique in a given SonarQube instance
+sonar.projectKey=openkonsequenz_org.eclipse.openk-coremodules.authandauth
+# this is the name and version displayed in the SonarQube UI. Was mandatory prior to SonarQube 6.1.
+sonar.projectName=portal.backend
+sonar.projectVersion=0.0.1_Snapshot
+sonar.java.binaries=targetclasses
+
+# Language
+sonar.language=Java
+
+sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
+sonar.sources=srcmain
+sonar.exclusions=model.java,viewmodel.java,.sql,asciidoc
+sonar.tests=srctest
+sonar.test.exclusions=model,viewmodel,.sql,asciidoc
+