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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file controls the integration of HBase project with ASF infrastructure. Refer to
+# https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/.asf.yaml+features+for+git+repositories for
+# details. Be careful when changing the contents of this file since it may affect many developers
+# of the project and make sure to discuss the changes with dev@ before committing.
+
+github:
+  description: "Apache HBase"
+  homepage: https://hbase.apache.org/
+  labels:
+    - database
+    - java
+    - hbase
+  features:
+    wiki: false
+    issues: false
+    projects: false
+  enabled_merge_buttons:
+    squash:  true
+    merge:   false
+    rebase:  true
+  notifications:
+    commits:      commits@hbase.apache.org
+    issues:       issues@hbase.apache.org
+    pullrequests: issues@hbase.apache.org
+    jira_options: link