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+version: 3
+# https://github.com/fossas/fossa-cli/blob/master/docs/references/files/fossa-yml.md
+
+targets:
+  # exclude non-distributed projects from dependency scanning
+  exclude:
+    - type: scala
+      path: akka-http-bench-jmh
+    - type: scala
+      path: akka-http-compatibility-tests