diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..691b58d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# common
+coverage
+node_modules
+*.log
+.DS_Store
+.nyc_output
+.test
+.tmp
+
+# build-artifacts
+dist
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f2729f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
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+# common
+coverage
+node_modules
+*.log
+.DS_Store
+.nyc_output
+.test
+.tmp
+
+# source/config
+src
+*.yml
+.gitignore
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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index 00000000..5b2cade0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
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+sudo: false
+language: node_js
+cache:
+  directories:
+  - node_modules
+notifications:
+  email: false
+node_js:
+- iojs-v2
+- iojs-v1
+- '0.12'
+- '0.10'
+before_install:
+- npm i -g npm@^2.0.0
+before_script:
+- npm prune
+- curl -Lo travis_after_all.py https://raw.github.com/dmakhno/travis_after_all/master/travis_after_all.py
+after_success:
+- python travis_after_all.py
+- export $(cat .to_export_back)
+- if [[ $BUILD_LEADER = YES ]]; then npm run coverage:upload; fi
+after_failure:
+- python travis_after_all.py
+- export $(cat .to_export_back)
+before_deploy:
+- rm -f travis_after_all.py .to_export_back
+after_script:
+- echo leader=$BUILD_LEADER status=$BUILD_AGGREGATE_STATUS
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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index 00000000..e81500a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
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+# semantic-release core scripts
+[![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/%40semantic-release%2Fcore.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/%40semantic-release%2Fcore)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/semantic-release/core.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/semantic-release/core)
+[![Test Coverage](https://codeclimate.com/github/semantic-release/core/badges/coverage.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/semantic-release/core/coverage)
+[![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/semantic-release/core.svg)](https://david-dm.org/semantic-release/core)
+[![devDependency Status](https://david-dm.org/semantic-release/core/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/semantic-release/core#info=devDependencies)
+[![js-standard-style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/feross/standard)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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index 00000000..eb3c9135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "name": "@semantic-release/core",
+  "description": "The scripts that do the actual release work.",
+  "author": "Stephan Bönnemann <stephan@boennemann.me> (http://boennemann.me)",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/semantic-release/core/issues"
+  },
+  "config": {
+    "nyc": {
+      "exclude": [
+        ".test",
+        "node_modules"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "npm-registry-client": "^6.4.0",
+    "npmconf": "^2.1.2",
+    "npmlog": "^1.2.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "babel": "^5.5.8",
+    "codeclimate-test-reporter": "0.0.4",
+    "coveralls": "^2.11.2",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "nock": "^2.5.0",
+    "nyc": "^2.3.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.4.0",
+    "semver": "^4.3.6",
+    "standard": "^4.2.1",
+    "tap": "^1.2.0"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/semantic-release/core#readme",
+  "keywords": [
+    "author",
+    "automation",
+    "changelog",
+    "module",
+    "package",
+    "publish",
+    "release",
+    "semver",
+    "version"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/semantic-release/core.git"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "rimraf dist && mkdirp dist && babel src --out-dir dist",
+    "build:tests": "rimraf .test && mkdirp .test && babel test --out-dir .test",
+    "coverage": "nyc report",
+    "coverage:upload": "npm run coverage -- --reporter=lcovonly && codeclimate < coverage/lcov.info",
+    "pretest:suite": "npm run build && npm run build:tests",
+    "test": "npm run test:style && npm run test:suite",
+    "test:style": "standard",
+    "test:suite": "nyc tap --no-cov .test/{scenarios,specs}/*.js"
+  }
+}