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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="Strictly necessary PHPMD rule set"
+	xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
+	xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=" http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
+
+	<description>
+		Performs the DevelopmentCodeFragment check before the code can be merged into the main branch and then deployed to production
+	</description>
+
+	<!-- Ignored directories -->
+	<exclude-pattern>\.git</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>vendor</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>tests</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>application/controllers/api/v1</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>application/extensions</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>addons</exclude-pattern>
+
+	<!-- Import the DevelopmentCodeFragment rule from the design rule set -->
+	<rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/DevelopmentCodeFragment" />
+</ruleset>
+