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+{
+	"name": "chrisboulton/php-resque",
+	"type": "library",
+	"description": "Redis backed library for creating background jobs and processing them later. Based on resque for Ruby.",
+	"keywords": ["job", "background", "redis", "resque"],
+	"homepage": "http://www.github.com/chrisboulton/php-resque/",
+	"license": "MIT",
+	"authors": [
+		{
+			"name": "Chris Boulton",
+			"email": "chris@bigcommerce.com"
+		}
+	],
+	"require": {
+		"php": ">=5.3.0"
+	},
+	"autoload": {
+		"psr-0": {
+			"Resque": "lib"
+		}
+	}
+}
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