diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+pytest
+tox
+
+-e .
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name='stix2',
+    description="Produce and consume STIX 2 JSON content",
+    version='0.0.1',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    keywords="stix stix2 json cti cyber threat intelligence",
+)
diff --git a/stix2/__init__.py b/stix2/__init__.py
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diff --git a/stix2/test/__init__.py b/stix2/test/__init__.py
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