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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
+
+## 2019-03-18
+
+### Added
+
+- gitlab CI configuration
+- Add version
+- Add License
+- Add Dockerfile for building standalone image
+- shortener initial version
+- Initial commit
+- Changelog.md
+- Readme.md
+- License
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
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+Short - simple go url shortner
+==============================
+
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](https://git.thebarrens.nu/wolvie/short/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[![Build Status](https://git.thebarrens.nu/wolvie/short/badges/master/build.svg)](https://git.thebarrens.nu/wolvie/short/)
+
+Short is a very simple url shortener build in golang using web.go module and redis (redigo) for storring URLs
+
+Syntax is:
+
+```shell
+Usage of /short:
+  -addr string
+        Address to listen for connections (default "localhost:8080")
+  -domain string
+        Domain to write to the URLs (default "localhost")
+  -redis string
+        ip/hostname of the redis server to connect (default "localhost:6379")
+  -v    prints current roxy version
+```
+
+Includes a Dockerfile to for a standalone docker image
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