diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..bb460e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.DS_Store
+/.build
+/Packages
+/*.xcodeproj
+xcuserdata/
+DerivedData/
+.swiftpm/xcode/package.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
diff --git a/.swiftpm/xcode/package.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/IDEWorkspaceChecks.plist b/.swiftpm/xcode/package.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/IDEWorkspaceChecks.plist
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.swiftpm/xcode/package.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/IDEWorkspaceChecks.plist
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>IDEDidComputeMac32BitWarning</key>
+	<true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
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+++ b/Package.swift
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+// swift-tools-version:5.5
+// The swift-tools-version declares the minimum version of Swift required to build this package.
+
+import PackageDescription
+
+let package = Package(
+    name: "twigs",
+    products: [
+        // Products define the executables and libraries a package produces, and make them visible to other packages.
+        .library(
+            name: "twigs",
+            targets: ["twigs"]),
+    ],
+    dependencies: [
+        // Dependencies declare other packages that this package depends on.
+        // .package(url: /* package url */, from: "1.0.0"),
+    ],
+    targets: [
+        // Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
+        // Targets can depend on other targets in this package, and on products in packages this package depends on.
+        .target(
+            name: "twigs",
+            dependencies: []),
+        .testTarget(
+            name: "twigsTests",
+            dependencies: ["twigs"]),
+    ]
+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# twigs
+
+A description of this package.
diff --git a/Sources/twigs/twigs.swift b/Sources/twigs/twigs.swift
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+++ b/Sources/twigs/twigs.swift
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+public struct twigs {
+    public private(set) var text = "Hello, World!"
+
+    public init() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/twigsTests/twigsTests.swift b/Tests/twigsTests/twigsTests.swift
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+++ b/Tests/twigsTests/twigsTests.swift
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+import XCTest
+@testable import twigs
+
+final class twigsTests: XCTestCase {
+    func testExample() throws {
+        // This is an example of a functional test case.
+        // Use XCTAssert and related functions to verify your tests produce the correct
+        // results.
+        XCTAssertEqual(twigs().text, "Hello, World!")
+    }
+}