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@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Create a file at ``~/.gertty.yaml`` with the following contents::
       password: <gerrit password>
       git_root: ~/git/
 
+A sample file with several options configured for use with OpenStack's
+Gerrit is available in ``gertty.yaml-sample``.
+
 You can generate or retrieve your Gerrit password by navigating to
 Settings, then HTTP Password.  Set ``git_root`` to a directory where
 Gertty should find or clone git repositories for your projects.
diff --git a/gertty.yaml-sample b/gertty.yaml-sample
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@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# This is an example ~/.gertty.yaml file for use with OpenStack's
+# Gerrit.  Most of these options are not required, rather, they
+# customize Gertty to better deal with the particulars of OpenStack's
+# Gerrit configuration.
+
+servers:
+  - name: openstack
+    url: https://review.openstack.org/
+    username: CHANGEME
+    password: CHANGEME
+    git_root: ~/git/
+
+palettes:
+  - name: default
+    test-SUCCESS: ['light green', '', '']
+    test-FAILURE: ['light red', '', '']
+
+commentlinks:
+  - match: "^- (?P<job>.*?) (?P<url>.*?) : (?P<result>.*?) (?P<rest>.*)$"
+    replacements:
+      - link:
+          text: "{job:<42}"
+          url: "{url}"
+      - text:
+          color: "test-{result}"
+          text: "{result} "
+      - text: "{rest}"
+  - match: "(?P<id>I[0-9a-fA-F]{40})"
+    replacements:
+      - search:
+          text: "{id}"
+          query: "changeid:{id}"
+
+dashboards:
+  - name: "My changes"
+    query: "owner:self status:open"
+    key: "f2"
+
+reviewkeys:
+  - key: 'meta 0'
+    approvals: []
+  - key: 'meta 1'
+    approvals:
+      - category: 'Code-Review'
+        value: 1
+  - key: 'meta 2'
+    approvals:
+      - category: 'Code-Review'
+        value: 2
+  - key: 'meta 3'
+    approvals:
+      - category: 'Code-Review'
+        value: 2
+      - category: 'Workflow'
+        value: 1