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+# must be unique in a given SonarQube instance
+sonar.projectKey=SonarQubePSA
+
+# --- optional properties ---
+
+# defaults to project key
+sonar.projectName=SonarQubePSA
+# 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