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+sonar-project.properties
+# must be unique in a given SonarQube instance
+sonar.projectKey=BentoBoxWorld_BentoBox
+
+# --- optional properties ---
+
+# defaults to project key
+#sonar.projectName=My project
+# defaults to 'not provided'
+#sonar.projectVersion=1.0
+ 
+# Path is relative to the sonar-project.properties file. Defaults to .
+#sonar.sources=.
+ 
+# Encoding of the source code. Default is default system encoding
+#sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
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