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+# Configuration file for http://gource.io/
+#
+# Usage:
+# * install gource
+# * checkout branch of interest
+# * gource --load-config
+# * gource --load-config .gource.conf -1280x720 -o - | ffmpeg -y -r 60 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 1 -threads 0 -bf 0 gource.mp4
+[gource]
+seconds-per-day=0.15
+auto-skip-seconds=0.05
+hide=filenames
+dir-name-depth=4
+file-show-filter=(py|rst|md|js)
+date-format=%Y/%m/%d
+title=aiida-core