diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Tom Sydney Kerckhove
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/shake-path.cabal b/shake-path.cabal
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+name: shake-path
+synopsis: path alternatives to shake functions
+description: path alternatives to shake functions
+version: 0.0.0.0
+cabal-version: >=1.10
+build-type: Simple
+license: MIT
+license-file: LICENSE
+copyright: Copyright: (c) 2017 Tom Sydney Kerckhove
+maintainer: syd.kerckhove@gmail.com
+homepage: http://cs-syd.eu
+category: CsSyd
+author: Tom Sydney Kerckhove
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:
+        Development.Shake.Path
+    build-depends:
+        base >=4.9 && <=5,
+        shake >= 0.15 && < 0.16,
+        path >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
+        path-io >= 1.2 && < 1.3
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    hs-source-dirs: src/
+    ghc-options: -Wall
diff --git a/src/Development/Shake/Path.hs b/src/Development/Shake/Path.hs
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+module Development.Shake.Path
+    ( getHashedShakeVersionP
+    , needP
+    , wantP
+    , ($%>)
+    , ($&%>)
+    , orderOnlyP
+    , cmd
+    , liftIO
+    , CmdOption(..)
+    , module Path
+    , module Path.IO
+    ) where
+
+import Development.Shake
+
+import Path
+import Path.IO
+
+getHashedShakeVersionP :: [Path r File] -> IO String
+getHashedShakeVersionP = getHashedShakeVersion . map toFilePath
+
+needP :: [Path r File] -> Action ()
+needP = need . map toFilePath
+
+wantP :: [Path r File] -> Rules ()
+wantP = want . map toFilePath
+
+($%>) :: Path r File -> Action () -> Rules ()
+p $%> a = toFilePath p %> const a
+
+($&%>) :: [Path r File] -> Action () -> Rules ()
+ps $&%> a = map toFilePath ps &%> const a
+
+orderOnlyP :: [Path r File] -> Action ()
+orderOnlyP = orderOnly . map toFilePath