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+// cveutils config - copy to config.js and fill in your values
+// ISC License
+
+export const FORGEJO_URL   = "https://your.forgejo.instance";
+export const FORGEJO_TOKEN = "your_api_token_here";
+export const FORGEJO_USER  = "youruser";
+export const SERVER_HOST   = "yourserver";  // ssh alias in ~/.ssh/config
+export const SRC_DIR       = "/home/youruser/src";