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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "gitpulse"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "A privacy-focused CLI tool that analyzes local Git repositories"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "rich>=13.0.0",
+    "gitpython>=3.1.0",
+    "pandas>=2.0.0",
+    "click>=8.0.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=7.0.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=4.0.0",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+gitpulse = "gitpulse.cli:main"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+python_files = ["test_*.py"]