diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.*
+*.vim
+*.sw[po]
+*.code-workspace
+coverage
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2016-2019, Alex A. Naanou
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+* Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+  contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+  this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/doc.js b/doc.js
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+/**********************************************************************
+* 
+* doc.js
+*
+* Basic JavaScript self-documentation utils
+*
+***********************************************/ /* c8 ignore next 2 */
+((typeof define)[0]=='u'?function(f){module.exports=f(require)}:define)
+(function(require){ var module={} // make module AMD/node compatible...
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+module.TAB_SIZE = 4
+
+module.LEADING_TABS = 1
+
+
+// Normalize code indent...
+//
+// 	normalizeIndent(text)
+// 		-> text
+//
+//
+// This will remove common indent from each line of text, this is useful 
+// for printing function code of functions that were defined at deep 
+// levels of indent.
+//
+// This will ignore the indent of the first line.
+//
+// If the last line is indented higher or equal to the rest of the text 
+// we will use leading_tabs (defaults to LEADING_TABS) to indent the 
+// rest of the text.
+// This will indent the following styles correctnly:
+//
+// 		|function(a, b){				|function(a, b){
+// 		|	return a + b }				|	return a + b
+// 		|								|}
+//
+//
+// NOTE: this will trim out both leading and trailing white-space.
+// NOTE: this is generally code-agnostic with one sigificant 
+// 		exception -- normalizeIndent(..)  will break code written 
+// 		in Whitespace.
+//
+// XXX BUG?
+// 			`a					`a						`a
+// 			|    b			->	|b			expected?	|    b
+// 			|        c`			|    c`					|        c`
+// 		while:
+// 			`a					`a
+// 			|    b			->	|    b		as expected.
+// 			|    c`				|    c`
+// 		this leads to functions like the following to get messed up:
+// 			|function(a){
+// 			|	return a
+// 			|		|| 'moo' }
+//
+// XXX is this the right place for this???
+// 		...when moving take care that ImageGrid's core.doc uses this...
+var normalizeIndent =
+module.normalizeIndent =
+function(text, {tab_size=module.TAB_SIZE, leading_tabs=module.LEADING_TABS, pad_tabs=0}={}){
+	leading_tabs *= tab_size
+	var padding = ' '.repeat(pad_tabs*tab_size)
+	// prepare text...
+	var tab = ' '.repeat(tab_size || 0)
+	text = tab != '' ?
+		text.replace(/\t/g, tab)
+		: text
+	// trim the tail and remove leading blank lines...	
+	var lines = text.trimEnd().split(/\n/)
+	while(lines.length > 0 
+			&& lines[0].trim() == ''){
+		// XXX we have two options here:
+		// 			- indent everyline including the first non-blank
+		// 			- do not indent anything (current)
+		// 		...not sure which is best...
+		leading_tabs = 0
+		lines.shift() }
+	// count common indent...
+	var l = lines 
+		.reduce(function(l, e, i){
+			var indent = e.length - e.trimLeft().length
+			return e.trim().length == 0 
+						// ignore 0 indent of first line...
+						|| (i == 0 && indent == 0) ?
+					l
+				// last line...
+				: i == lines.length-1
+						&& indent >= l ? 
+					// XXX feels a bit overcomplicated...
+					(l < 0 ?
+						// last of two with 0 indent on first -> indent...
+						Math.max(indent - leading_tabs, 0)
+						// ignore leading_tabs if lower indent...
+						: Math.min(l, Math.max(indent - leading_tabs, 0)))
+				// initial state...
+				: l < 0 ? 
+					indent 
+				// min...
+				: Math.min(l, indent) }, -1) || 0
+	// normalize...
+	return padding 
+		+lines
+			.map(function(line, i){
+				return i == 0 ? 
+					line
+					: line.slice(l) })
+			.join('\n'+ padding)
+			.trim() }
+
+
+// shorthand more suted for text...
+var normalizeTextIndent =
+module.normalizeTextIndent =
+function(text, opts={leading_tabs: 0}){
+	return module.normalizeIndent(text, opts) }
+
+
+// template string tag versions of the above...
+var doc =
+module.doc =
+function(strings, ...values){
+	return normalizeIndent(strings
+		.map(function(s, i){ return s + (values[i] || '') })
+		.join('')) }
+
+var text =
+module.text =
+function(strings, ...values){
+	return normalizeTextIndent(strings
+		.map(function(s, i){ return s + (values[i] || '') })
+		.join('')) }
+
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 nowrap :                        */ return module })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "ig-doc",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Basic JavaScript self-documentation utils",
+  "main": "doc.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/flynx/doc.js.git"
+  },
+  "author": "Alex A. Naanou (alex.nanou@gmail.com)",
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/flynx/doc.js/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/flynx/doc.js#readme"
+}