diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+/_build
+/deps
+erl_crash.dump
+*.ez
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Paul Schoenfelder
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# exirc
+
+ExIRC is a IRC client library for Elixir projects. It aims to have a clear, well
+documented API, with the minimal amount of code necessary to allow you to connect and
+communicate with IRC servers effectively. It aims to implement the full RFC2812 protocol,
+and relevant parts of RFC1459.
+
+# Why?
+
+I had need of this in another project of mine, and found that there were no good libraries available, 
+documentation was always missing, it wasn't clear how to use, and in general were not easy to work
+with.
+
+# Status
+
+Just getting started, but I have most everything I need. I plan to have the basics implemented sometime
+in the next week.
+
diff --git a/lib/exirc.ex b/lib/exirc.ex
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+defmodule ExIrc do
+end
diff --git a/lib/exirc/.gitignore b/lib/exirc/.gitignore
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diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
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+defmodule ExIrc.Mixfile do
+  use Mix.Project
+
+  def project do
+    [ app: :exirc,
+      version: "0.0.1",
+      elixir: "~> 0.11.2",
+      deps: deps ]
+  end
+
+  # Configuration for the OTP application
+  def application do
+    []
+  end
+
+  # Returns the list of dependencies in the format:
+  # { :foobar, git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/foobar.git", tag: "0.1" }
+  #
+  # To specify particular versions, regardless of the tag, do:
+  # { :barbat, "~> 0.1", github: "elixir-lang/barbat.git" }
+  defp deps do
+    []
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/exirc_test.exs b/test/exirc_test.exs
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+defmodule ExircTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+
+  test "the truth" do
+    assert(true)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.exs b/test/test_helper.exs
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+ExUnit.start