commit ee79001025d6733b450a76b145eebe439b29cfbd
Author: welsberr <welsberr@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Nov 4 23:05:15 2025 -0500

    Initial commit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# ---> Emacs
+# -*- mode: gitignore; -*-
+*~
+\#*\#
+/.emacs.desktop
+/.emacs.desktop.lock
+*.elc
+auto-save-list
+tramp
+.\#*
+
+# Org-mode
+.org-id-locations
+*_archive
+
+# flymake-mode
+*_flymake.*
+
+# eshell files
+/eshell/history
+/eshell/lastdir
+
+# elpa packages
+/elpa/
+
+# reftex files
+*.rel
+
+# AUCTeX auto folder
+/auto/
+
+# cask packages
+.cask/
+dist/
+
+# Flycheck
+flycheck_*.el
+
+# server auth directory
+/server/
+
+# projectiles files
+.projectile
+
+# directory configuration
+.dir-locals.el
+
+# network security
+/network-security.data
+
+
+# ---> Rust
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# VeriBib-rs
+
+VeriBib-rs is a Rust implementation of the VeriBib citation checking tool.
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