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+# must be unique in a given SonarQube instance
+sonar.projectKey=my:project
+
+# --- optional properties ---
+
+# defaults to project key
+sonar.projectName=digital-course-file
+# 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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