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+// init the inlang.config
+
+/**
+ * @type {import("@inlang/core/config").DefineConfig}
+ */
+export async function defineConfig(env) {
+  // importing plugin from local file for testing purposes
+  const plugin = await env.$import(
+    "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/jannesblobel/inlang-plugin-po@1/dist/index.js"
+  );
+  const pluginConfig = {
+    // language mean the name of you file
+    pathPattern: "./po/{language}.po",
+    referenceResourcePath: "./po/goaccess.pot",
+  };
+
+  return {
+    // if your project use a pot file use the pot as the reference Language
+    // !! do not add the pot file in the Languages array
+    /**
+ * @example
+ * example files: en.pot, de.po, es.po, fr.po
+ *  referenceLanguage: "en",
+    languages: ["de","es","fr"],
+ */
+    referenceLanguage: "en",
+    languages: await getLanguages(env),
+    readResources: (args) =>
+      plugin.readResources({ ...args, ...env, pluginConfig }),
+    writeResources: (args) =>
+      plugin.writeResources({ ...args, ...env, pluginConfig }),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Automatically derives the languages in this repository.
+ */
+async function getLanguages(env) {
+  const files = await env.$fs.readdir("./po");
+  // files that end with .json
+  // remove the .json extension to only get language name
+  const languages = files
+    .filter((name) => name.endsWith(".po"))
+    .map((name) => name.replace(".po", ""));
+  return languages;
+}