diff --git a/Puppetfile b/Puppetfile
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+forge "http://forge.puppetlabs.com"
+
+# Modules from the Puppet Forge
+# Note the versions are all set to :latest but after you've 
+# installed you should change them to the exact version you want
+mod "puppetlabs/inifile", :latest
+mod "puppetlabs/stdlib", :latest
+mod "puppetlabs/concat", :latest
+
+#An example of using a specific forge module version instead of latest
+#Notice the addition of single quotes
+#mod "puppetlabs/inifile", '1.3.0'
+
+# Modules from Github using various references
+# Further examples: https://github.com/puppetlabs/r10k/blob/master/doc/puppetfile.mkd#examples
+# update the tag to the most current release when implementing
+#mod 'hiera',
+#  :git => 'https://github.com/hunner/puppet-hiera',
+#  :tag => '1.3.1'
+
+#mod 'notifyme',
+#  :git => 'git://github.com/glarizza/puppet-notifyme',
+#  :ref => '50c01703b2e3e352520a9a2271ea4947fe17a51f'
+
+#mod 'profiles',
+#  :git => 'git://github.com/glarizza/puppet-profiles',
+#  :ref => '3611ae4253ff01762f9bda1d93620edf8f9a3b22'
+
diff --git a/environment.conf b/environment.conf
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+modulepath          = modules:site:$basemodulepath
+config_version      = 'scripts/config_version.sh $environmentpath $environment'
+
+# Environment timeout should be set to unlimited. When set to zero it is less performant.   
+# When code is deployed the admin API of puppetserver should be used to force a refresh of code from disk.
+# https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppetserver/1.0/release_notes.html#new-feature-admin-api-for-refreshing-environments
+# https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/3.7/reference/environments_configuring.html#environmenttimeout
+environment_timeout = 0 
diff --git a/hieradata/common.yaml b/hieradata/common.yaml
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+---
+message: "This node is using common data"
diff --git a/scripts/config_version.rb b/scripts/config_version.rb
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+require 'rugged'
+
+environmentpath = ARGV[0]
+environment     = ARGV[1]
+
+repo = Rugged::Repository.discover(File.join(environmentpath, environment))
+head  = repo.head
+
+#sha1 hash of the newest commit
+head_sha = head.target_id
+
+#the commit message associated the newest commit
+commit = repo.lookup(head_sha)
+
+#add something to find the remote url
+
+puts head_sha
diff --git a/scripts/config_version.sh b/scripts/config_version.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -e /opt/puppetlabs/server/pe_version ]
+then 
+  /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby $1/$2/scripts/config_version.rb $1 $2  
+else
+  /usr/bin/git --git-dir $1/$2/.git rev-parse HEAD
+fi