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+sonar.projectKey=d4d-backend
+sonar.organization=aettua
+
+# This is the name and version displayed in the SonarCloud UI.
+#sonar.projectName=d4d-backend
+#sonar.projectVersion=1.0
+
+# Path is relative to the sonar-project.properties file. Replace "\" by "/" on Windows.
+sonar.sources=.
+
+# Encoding of the source code. Default is default system encoding
+#sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8