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.dockerignore

.gitignore

.gitlab-ci.yml

.gitlab/ci/.build-container.yml

.gitlab/ci/.code-quality-ci.yml

.gitlab/ci/.containerlab-ci.yml

.gitlab/ci/.deploy-k8s.yml

.gitlab/ci/.integration-test.yml

.gitlab/ci/.security-and-compliance-ci.yml

.gitlab/ci/.test.yml

.gitlab/ci/.uml-autogen-ci.yml

Dockerfile

Dockerfile.alpine

api/initialise_test.go

cmd/root.go

config.go

config/config.go

config/config_test.go

config_test.go

configs/.gitkeep