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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Jimdo GmbH
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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-# serverless-dotenv
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+# Serverless Plugin Dotenv
+
+## About the plugin
+
+This serverless plugin generates a `.env` file based on the environment variables in the `serverless.yml`. The idea is to use this environment variables for further tasks like integration tests etc. It works great with `serverless offline`, so you can start serverless offline, the plugin will hook into the process and create the `.env` file. You will find the `.env` file in the `.serverless` folder of your project.
+
+It will collect the global environment variables of the poject as well as all environment variables of the functions. It will also add `API_ENDPOINT` and `IS_OFFLINE` to your environment if you run the plugin via `serverless offline`. 
+
+## Usage
+
+Add the npm package to your project:
+
+```bash
+# Via yarn
+$ yarn add @jimdo/serverless-dotenv
+
+# Via npm
+$ npm instal @jimdo/serverless-dotenv --save
+```
+
+Add the plugin to your `serverless.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+plugins:
+  - '@jimdo/serverless-dotenv'
+```
+
+That's it! You can now type `serverless dotenv` in your terminal to generate the `.env` file based on your serverless configuration. Alternative you can just start `serverless offline` to generate it.
+
+## Contribution
+
+Feel free to contribute to this project! Our JavaScript is written based on [standardJS](https://standardjs.com). We recommend to use a `standardJS` [plugin](https://standardjs.com/index.html#are-there-text-editor-plugins) for your Editor, but you can also lint your code with `yarn run lint` - respectively `npm run lint`. Please don't forget to add unit and/or integration tests. Thanks <3