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+# Git AI Documentation Generator Environment Variables
+
+# Ollama server URL (default: http://localhost:11434)
+OLLAMA_HOST=http://localhost:11434
+
+# Default model to use (default: llama3.2)
+OLLAMA_MODEL=llama3.2
+
+# Enable verbose logging (default: false)
+DEBUG=false