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 .HTF/
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-*.cabal
 stack.yaml.lock
 
 # Idris
diff --git a/simplex-chat.cabal b/simplex-chat.cabal
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+cabal-version: 1.12
+
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.4.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+
+name:           simplex-chat
+version:        0.5.1
+category:       Web, System, Services, Cryptography
+homepage:       https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#readme
+author:         Evgeny Poberezkin
+maintainer:     evgeny@poberezkin.com
+copyright:      2020 Evgeny Poberezkin
+license:        AGPL-3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+      Simplex.Chat
+      Simplex.Chat.Controller
+      Simplex.Chat.Help
+      Simplex.Chat.Input
+      Simplex.Chat.Markdown
+      Simplex.Chat.Notification
+      Simplex.Chat.Options
+      Simplex.Chat.Protocol
+      Simplex.Chat.Store
+      Simplex.Chat.Styled
+      Simplex.Chat.Terminal
+      Simplex.Chat.Types
+      Simplex.Chat.Util
+      Simplex.Chat.View
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_simplex_chat
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Werror=incomplete-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wunused-type-patterns
+  build-depends:
+      aeson ==1.5.*
+    , ansi-terminal ==0.10.*
+    , attoparsec ==0.13.*
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , base64-bytestring >=1.0 && <1.3
+    , bytestring ==0.10.*
+    , composition ==1.0.*
+    , containers ==0.6.*
+    , cryptonite >=0.27 && <0.30
+    , directory ==1.3.*
+    , exceptions ==0.10.*
+    , file-embed ==0.0.14.*
+    , filepath ==1.4.*
+    , mtl ==2.2.*
+    , optparse-applicative ==0.15.*
+    , process ==1.6.*
+    , simple-logger ==0.1.*
+    , simplexmq ==0.5.*
+    , sqlite-simple ==0.4.*
+    , stm ==2.5.*
+    , terminal ==0.2.*
+    , text ==1.2.*
+    , time ==1.9.*
+    , unliftio ==0.2.*
+    , unliftio-core ==0.2.*
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+executable simplex-chat
+  main-is: Main.hs
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_simplex_chat
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      apps/simplex-chat
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Werror=incomplete-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wunused-type-patterns -threaded
+  build-depends:
+      aeson ==1.5.*
+    , ansi-terminal ==0.10.*
+    , attoparsec ==0.13.*
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , base64-bytestring >=1.0 && <1.3
+    , bytestring ==0.10.*
+    , composition ==1.0.*
+    , containers ==0.6.*
+    , cryptonite >=0.27 && <0.30
+    , directory ==1.3.*
+    , exceptions ==0.10.*
+    , file-embed ==0.0.14.*
+    , filepath ==1.4.*
+    , mtl ==2.2.*
+    , optparse-applicative ==0.15.*
+    , process ==1.6.*
+    , simple-logger ==0.1.*
+    , simplex-chat
+    , simplexmq ==0.5.*
+    , sqlite-simple ==0.4.*
+    , stm ==2.5.*
+    , terminal ==0.2.*
+    , text ==1.2.*
+    , time ==1.9.*
+    , unliftio ==0.2.*
+    , unliftio-core ==0.2.*
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+test-suite simplex-chat-test
+  type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is: Test.hs
+  other-modules:
+      ChatClient
+      ChatTests
+      MarkdownTests
+      ProtocolTests
+      Paths_simplex_chat
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      tests
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Werror=incomplete-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wunused-type-patterns
+  build-depends:
+      aeson ==1.5.*
+    , ansi-terminal ==0.10.*
+    , async ==2.2.*
+    , attoparsec ==0.13.*
+    , base >=4.7 && <5
+    , base64-bytestring >=1.0 && <1.3
+    , bytestring ==0.10.*
+    , composition ==1.0.*
+    , containers ==0.6.*
+    , cryptonite >=0.27 && <0.30
+    , directory ==1.3.*
+    , exceptions ==0.10.*
+    , file-embed ==0.0.14.*
+    , filepath ==1.4.*
+    , hspec ==2.7.*
+    , mtl ==2.2.*
+    , network ==3.1.*
+    , optparse-applicative ==0.15.*
+    , process ==1.6.*
+    , simple-logger ==0.1.*
+    , simplex-chat
+    , simplexmq ==0.5.*
+    , sqlite-simple ==0.4.*
+    , stm ==2.5.*
+    , terminal ==0.2.*
+    , text ==1.2.*
+    , time ==1.9.*
+    , unliftio ==0.2.*
+    , unliftio-core ==0.2.*
+  default-language: Haskell2010