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+# coding: utf-8
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name                    = "minimal-mistakes-jekyll"
+  spec.version                 = "0.0.1.pre"
+  spec.authors                 = ["Michael Rose"]
+
+  spec.summary                 = %q{A flexible two-column Jekyll theme.}
+  spec.homepage                = "https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes"
+  spec.license                 = "MIT"
+
+  spec.metadata["plugin_type"] = "theme"
+
+  spec.files                   = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").select do |f|
+    f.match(%r{^((_includes|_layouts|_sass|assets)/|(LICENSE|README|CHANGELOG)((\.(txt|md|markdown)|$)))}i)
+  end
+
+  spec.bindir                  = "exe"
+  spec.executables             = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "jekyll", "~> 3.2"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.12"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
+end