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+# this is a config file for the github action labeler
+
+# Add 'label1' to any changes within 'example' folder or any subfolders
+example_change:
+- example/**
+
+# Add 'label2' to any file changes within 'example2' folder
+example2_change: example2/*
+
+# Add label3 to any change to .txt files within the entire repository. Quotation marks are required for the leading asterisk
+text_files:
+- '**/*.txt'
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