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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name="gitignore-generator-cli",
+    version="1.0.0",
+    packages=find_packages(where="."),
+    install_requires=[
+        "click>=8.0.0",
+        "requests>=2.25.0",
+        "pyyaml>=6.0",
+    ],
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": ["pytest>=7.0.0", "pytest-cov>=4.0.0", "pytest-mock>=3.10.0"],
+    },
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "gitignore-generator=gitignore_generator.cli:main",
+            "gitignore-gen=gitignore_generator.cli:main",
+        ],
+    },
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Environment :: Console",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    ],
+)