diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.depend
+*.o
+*.a
+*.d
+*.so
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~
+,*
+\#*\#
+.\#*
+\#_*\#
+.\#_*
+!.gitignore
+.*
+
+# gnu global files
+GPATH
+GRTAGS
+GSYMS
+GTAGS
+
+# cscope files
+cscope.*
+ncscope.*
diff --git a/CODING_STYLE.md b/CODING_STYLE.md
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+++ b/CODING_STYLE.md
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+Coding Style
+============
+
+Please refer to the `CODING_STYLE.md` file in the main Unikraft repository.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+Contributing to Unikraft
+========================
+
+Please refer to the `CONTRIBUTING.md` file in the main Unikraft repository.
diff --git a/COPYING.md b/COPYING.md
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+++ b/COPYING.md
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+License
+=======
+
+Unikraft pcre wrappers
+----------------------------------
+
+This repository contains wrapper code to build pcre with Unikraft.
+Each C code file in this repository should declare who is the
+copyright owner and under which terms and conditions the code is
+licensed. If such a licence note is missing, the following copyright
+notice will apply:
+
+	Copyright (c) Year, Institution. All rights reserved.
+
+	Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+	modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+	are met:
+
+	1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+	   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+	2. 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.
+	3. 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/Config.uk b/Config.uk
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+++ b/Config.uk
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+config LIBPCRE
+	bool "pcre - Perl-compatible Regular Expressions"
+	default n
+	select LIBNOLIBC if !HAVE_LIBC
+	select LIBUKDEBUG
+	select LIBUKALLOC
+
+if LIBPCRE
+endif
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
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+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
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+Maintainers List
+================
+
+For notes on how to read this information, please refer to `MAINTAINERS.md` in
+the main Unikraft repository.
+
+	LIBPCRE-UNIKRAFT
+	M:	Costin Lupu <costin.lupu@cs.pub.ro>
+	M:	Felipe Huici <felipe.huici@neclab.eu>
+	L:	minios-devel@lists.xen.org
+	F: *
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+pcre for Unikraft
+=============================
+
+This is the port of pcre for Unikraft as external library.
+
+Please refer to the `README.md` as well as the documentation in the `doc/`
+subdirectory of the main unikraft repository.