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+### service-bot sonarqube plugin managed file
+sonar.coverage.exclusions=**/test/**/*,**/tests/**/*,**/mock/**/*,**/mocks/**/*,**/*mock*,**/*test*
+sonar.cpd.exclusions=**/test/**/*,**/tests/**/*,**/mock/**/*,**/mocks/**/*,**/*mock*,**/*test*
+sonar.exclusions=**/*.pb.*,**/mk-include/**/*
+sonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=**/coverage.txt
+sonar.language=go
+sonar.projectKey=confluent-kafka-go
+sonar.sources=.