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+import sys
+import os
+import io
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+DEPENDENCIES = []
+EXCLUDE_FROM_PACKAGES = []
+CURDIR = sys.path[0]
+
+with open(os.path.join(CURDIR, 'README.md')) as file:
+    README = file.read()
+
+setup(
+    name="phototag",
+    version="1.0.0",
+    author="Xevion",
+    author_email="xevion@xevion.dev",
+    description="",
+    long_description=README,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/xevion/photo-tagging",
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=EXCLUDE_FROM_PACKAGES),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    keywords=[],
+    scripts=[],
+    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["phototag=phototag.main:main"]},
+    zip_safe=False,
+    install_requires=DEPENDENCIES,
+    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    # license and classifier list:
+    # https://pypi.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
+    license="License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+)
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