diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# ansible-galaxy collection build generates .tar.gz files
+*.tar.gz
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
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+namespace: arecordsansible
+name: ara
+version: 0.0.1
+readme: README.md
+authors:
+  - ARA Records Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-community/ara)
+description: null
+license_file: LICENSE
+tags: null
+repository: https://github.com/ansible-community/ara-collection
+documentation: https://github.com/ansible-community/ara-collection
+homepage: https://ara.recordsansible.org
+issues: https://github.com/ansible-community/ara-collection/issues