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+# Run any command in this library's bin/ without the bin/ prefix!
+PATH_add bin
+
+# Only add things to this file that should be shared with the team.
+
+# **dotenv** (See end of file for .env.local integration)
+# .env would override anything in this file, if enabled.
+# .env is a DOCKER standard, and if we use it, it would be in deployed, or DOCKER, environments.
+# Override and customize anything below in your own .env.local
+# If you are using dotenv and not direnv,
+#   copy the following `export` statements to your own .env file.
+
+### General Ruby ###
+# Turn off Ruby Warnings about deprecated code
+# export RUBYOPT="-W0"
+
+### External Testing Controls
+export K_SOUP_COV_DO=true # Means you want code coverage
+# Available formats are html, xml, rcov, lcov, json, tty
+export K_SOUP_COV_COMMAND_NAME="RSpec Coverage"
+export K_SOUP_COV_FORMATTERS="html,tty"
+export K_SOUP_COV_MIN_BRANCH=80 # Means you want to enforce X% branch coverage
+export K_SOUP_COV_MIN_LINE=91 # Means you want to enforce X% line coverage
+export K_SOUP_COV_MIN_HARD=true # Means you want the build to fail if the coverage thresholds are not met
+export K_SOUP_COV_MULTI_FORMATTERS=true
+export MAX_ROWS=1 # Setting for simplecov-console gem for tty output, limits to the worst N rows of bad coverage
+
+# Internal Debugging Controls
+export DEBUG=false # do not allow byebug statements (override in .env.local)
+
+# .env would override anything in this file, if `dotenv` is uncommented below.
+# .env is a DOCKER standard, and if we use it, it would be in deployed, or DOCKER, environments,
+#   and that is why we generally want to leave it commented out.
+# dotenv
+
+# .env.local will override anything in this file.
+dotenv_if_exists .env.local