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+# Use this hook to configure devise mailer, warden hooks and so forth.
+# Many of these configuration options can be set straight in your model.
+Devise.setup do |config|
+  # The secret key used by Devise. Devise uses this key to generate
+  # random tokens. Changing this key will render invalid all existing
+  # confirmation, reset password and unlock tokens in the database.
+  # config.secret_key = 'generate with `rake secret`'
+
+  # ==> Mailer Configuration
+  # Configure the e-mail address which will be shown in Devise::Mailer,
+  # note that it will be overwritten if you use your own mailer class
+  # with default "from" parameter.
+  config.mailer_sender = 'cfp@openfest.org'
+
+  # Configure the class responsible to send e-mails.
+  # config.mailer = 'Devise::Mailer'
+
+  # ==> ORM configuration
+  # Load and configure the ORM. Supports :active_record (default) and
+  # :mongoid (bson_ext recommended) by default. Other ORMs may be
+  # available as additional gems.
+  require 'devise/orm/active_record'
+
+  # ==> Configuration for any authentication mechanism
+  # Configure which keys are used when authenticating a user. The default is
+  # just :email. You can configure it to use [:username, :subdomain], so for
+  # authenticating a user, both parameters are required. Remember that those
+  # parameters are used only when authenticating and not when retrieving from
+  # session. If you need permissions, you should implement that in a before filter.
+  # You can also supply a hash where the value is a boolean determining whether
+  # or not authentication should be aborted when the value is not present.
+  # config.authentication_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Configure parameters from the request object used for authentication. Each entry
+  # given should be a request method and it will automatically be passed to the
+  # find_for_authentication method and considered in your model lookup. For instance,
+  # if you set :request_keys to [:subdomain], :subdomain will be used on authentication.
+  # The same considerations mentioned for authentication_keys also apply to request_keys.
+  # config.request_keys = []
+
+  # Configure which authentication keys should be case-insensitive.
+  # These keys will be downcased upon creating or modifying a user and when used
+  # to authenticate or find a user. Default is :email.
+  config.case_insensitive_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Configure which authentication keys should have whitespace stripped.
+  # These keys will have whitespace before and after removed upon creating or
+  # modifying a user and when used to authenticate or find a user. Default is :email.
+  config.strip_whitespace_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Tell if authentication through request.params is enabled. True by default.
+  # It can be set to an array that will enable params authentication only for the
+  # given strategies, for example, `config.params_authenticatable = [:database]` will
+  # enable it only for database (email + password) authentication.
+  # config.params_authenticatable = true
+
+  # Tell if authentication through HTTP Auth is enabled. False by default.
+  # It can be set to an array that will enable http authentication only for the
+  # given strategies, for example, `config.http_authenticatable = [:database]` will
+  # enable it only for database authentication. The supported strategies are:
+  # :database      = Support basic authentication with authentication key + password
+  # config.http_authenticatable = false
+
+  # If http headers should be returned for AJAX requests. True by default.
+  # config.http_authenticatable_on_xhr = true
+
+  # The realm used in Http Basic Authentication. 'Application' by default.
+  # config.http_authentication_realm = 'Application'
+
+  # It will change confirmation, password recovery and other workflows
+  # to behave the same regardless if the e-mail provided was right or wrong.
+  # Does not affect registerable.
+  # config.paranoid = true
+
+  # By default Devise will store the user in session. You can skip storage for
+  # particular strategies by setting this option.
+  # Notice that if you are skipping storage for all authentication paths, you
+  # may want to disable generating routes to Devise's sessions controller by
+  # passing skip: :sessions to `devise_for` in your config/routes.rb
+  config.skip_session_storage = [:http_auth]
+
+  # By default, Devise cleans up the CSRF token on authentication to
+  # avoid CSRF token fixation attacks. This means that, when using AJAX
+  # requests for sign in and sign up, you need to get a new CSRF token
+  # from the server. You can disable this option at your own risk.
+  # config.clean_up_csrf_token_on_authentication = true
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :database_authenticatable
+  # For bcrypt, this is the cost for hashing the password and defaults to 10. If
+  # using other encryptors, it sets how many times you want the password re-encrypted.
+  #
+  # Limiting the stretches to just one in testing will increase the performance of
+  # your test suite dramatically. However, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to not use
+  # a value less than 10 in other environments. Note that, for bcrypt (the default
+  # encryptor), the cost increases exponentially with the number of stretches (e.g.
+  # a value of 20 is already extremely slow: approx. 60 seconds for 1 calculation).
+  config.stretches = Rails.env.test? ? 1 : 10
+
+  # Setup a pepper to generate the encrypted password.
+  # config.pepper = 'generate with `rake secret`'
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :confirmable
+  # A period that the user is allowed to access the website even without
+  # confirming their account. For instance, if set to 2.days, the user will be
+  # able to access the website for two days without confirming their account,
+  # access will be blocked just in the third day. Default is 0.days, meaning
+  # the user cannot access the website without confirming their account.
+  # config.allow_unconfirmed_access_for = 2.days
+
+  # A period that the user is allowed to confirm their account before their
+  # token becomes invalid. For example, if set to 3.days, the user can confirm
+  # their account within 3 days after the mail was sent, but on the fourth day
+  # their account can't be confirmed with the token any more.
+  # Default is nil, meaning there is no restriction on how long a user can take
+  # before confirming their account.
+  # config.confirm_within = 3.days
+
+  # If true, requires any email changes to be confirmed (exactly the same way as
+  # initial account confirmation) to be applied. Requires additional unconfirmed_email
+  # db field (see migrations). Until confirmed, new email is stored in
+  # unconfirmed_email column, and copied to email column on successful confirmation.
+  config.reconfirmable = true
+
+  # Defines which key will be used when confirming an account
+  # config.confirmation_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :rememberable
+  # The time the user will be remembered without asking for credentials again.
+  # config.remember_for = 2.weeks
+
+  # If true, extends the user's remember period when remembered via cookie.
+  # config.extend_remember_period = false
+
+  # Options to be passed to the created cookie. For instance, you can set
+  # secure: true in order to force SSL only cookies.
+  # config.rememberable_options = {}
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :validatable
+  # Range for password length.
+  config.password_length = 8..128
+
+  # Email regex used to validate email formats. It simply asserts that
+  # one (and only one) @ exists in the given string. This is mainly
+  # to give user feedback and not to assert the e-mail validity.
+  # config.email_regexp = /\A[^@]+@[^@]+\z/
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :timeoutable
+  # The time you want to timeout the user session without activity. After this
+  # time the user will be asked for credentials again. Default is 30 minutes.
+  # config.timeout_in = 30.minutes
+
+  # If true, expires auth token on session timeout.
+  # config.expire_auth_token_on_timeout = false
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :lockable
+  # Defines which strategy will be used to lock an account.
+  # :failed_attempts = Locks an account after a number of failed attempts to sign in.
+  # :none            = No lock strategy. You should handle locking by yourself.
+  # config.lock_strategy = :failed_attempts
+
+  # Defines which key will be used when locking and unlocking an account
+  # config.unlock_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Defines which strategy will be used to unlock an account.
+  # :email = Sends an unlock link to the user email
+  # :time  = Re-enables login after a certain amount of time (see :unlock_in below)
+  # :both  = Enables both strategies
+  # :none  = No unlock strategy. You should handle unlocking by yourself.
+  # config.unlock_strategy = :both
+
+  # Number of authentication tries before locking an account if lock_strategy
+  # is failed attempts.
+  # config.maximum_attempts = 20
+
+  # Time interval to unlock the account if :time is enabled as unlock_strategy.
+  # config.unlock_in = 1.hour
+
+  # Warn on the last attempt before the account is locked.
+  # config.last_attempt_warning = false
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :recoverable
+  #
+  # Defines which key will be used when recovering the password for an account
+  # config.reset_password_keys = [ :email ]
+
+  # Time interval you can reset your password with a reset password key.
+  # Don't put a too small interval or your users won't have the time to
+  # change their passwords.
+  config.reset_password_within = 6.hours
+
+  # ==> Configuration for :encryptable
+  # Allow you to use another encryption algorithm besides bcrypt (default). You can use
+  # :sha1, :sha512 or encryptors from others authentication tools as :clearance_sha1,
+  # :authlogic_sha512 (then you should set stretches above to 20 for default behavior)
+  # and :restful_authentication_sha1 (then you should set stretches to 10, and copy
+  # REST_AUTH_SITE_KEY to pepper).
+  #
+  # Require the `devise-encryptable` gem when using anything other than bcrypt
+  # config.encryptor = :sha512
+
+  # ==> Scopes configuration
+  # Turn scoped views on. Before rendering "sessions/new", it will first check for
+  # "users/sessions/new". It's turned off by default because it's slower if you
+  # are using only default views.
+  # config.scoped_views = false
+
+  # Configure the default scope given to Warden. By default it's the first
+  # devise role declared in your routes (usually :user).
+  # config.default_scope = :user
+
+  # Set this configuration to false if you want /users/sign_out to sign out
+  # only the current scope. By default, Devise signs out all scopes.
+  # config.sign_out_all_scopes = true
+
+  # ==> Navigation configuration
+  # Lists the formats that should be treated as navigational. Formats like
+  # :html, should redirect to the sign in page when the user does not have
+  # access, but formats like :xml or :json, should return 401.
+  #
+  # If you have any extra navigational formats, like :iphone or :mobile, you
+  # should add them to the navigational formats lists.
+  #
+  # The "*/*" below is required to match Internet Explorer requests.
+  # config.navigational_formats = ['*/*', :html]
+
+  # The default HTTP method used to sign out a resource. Default is :delete.
+  config.sign_out_via = :delete
+
+  # ==> OmniAuth
+  # Add a new OmniAuth provider. Check the wiki for more information on setting
+  # up on your models and hooks.
+  # config.omniauth :github, 'APP_ID', 'APP_SECRET', scope: 'user,public_repo'
+
+  # ==> Warden configuration
+  # If you want to use other strategies, that are not supported by Devise, or
+  # change the failure app, you can configure them inside the config.warden block.
+  #
+  # config.warden do |manager|
+  #   manager.intercept_401 = false
+  #   manager.default_strategies(scope: :user).unshift :some_external_strategy
+  # end
+
+  # ==> Mountable engine configurations
+  # When using Devise inside an engine, let's call it `MyEngine`, and this engine
+  # is mountable, there are some extra configurations to be taken into account.
+  # The following options are available, assuming the engine is mounted as:
+  #
+  #     mount MyEngine, at: '/my_engine'
+  #
+  # The router that invoked `devise_for`, in the example above, would be:
+  # config.router_name = :my_engine
+  #
+  # When using omniauth, Devise cannot automatically set Omniauth path,
+  # so you need to do it manually. For the users scope, it would be:
+  # config.omniauth_path_prefix = '/my_engine/users/auth'
+end