diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Windows image file caches
+Thumbs.db
+ehthumbs.db
+
+# Folder config file
+Desktop.ini
+
+# Recycle Bin used on file shares
+$RECYCLE.BIN/
+
+# Windows Installer files
+*.cab
+*.msi
+*.msm
+*.msp
+
+# Windows shortcuts
+*.lnk
+
+# OSX
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
+
+# keep specific directories
+!uploads/images/.gitignore
+!bin/cli/.gitignore
+
+# keep main directories
+!css/.gitignore
+!vendor/.gitignore
+
+# SublimeText
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
+
+# TheTempusProject Specific
+.htaccess
+app/config/*
+!app/config/constants.php
+uploads/images/*
+logs/*
+.vscode/
+mail.log
+vendor/canary/logs/*
+docker/.env
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+stages:
+  - update
+
+variables:
+  TIMEZONE: "America/New_York" # For the system in general
+  DATE_TIMEZONE: ${TIMEZONE} # For PHP
+
+  GIT_DEPTH: 1
+  GITLAB_API_URL: ${CI_API_V4_URL}
+  TARGET_BRANCH: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME} # This is the branch chosen in the `Pipeline Schedule`
+  TARGET_REMOTE: "https://${GITLAB_USERNAME}:${GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN}@${CI_SERVER_HOST}/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}.git"
+
+  # These could/should be overridden in an extending job:
+  UPDATE_BRANCH_PREFIX: "update_PHP_deps_" # Used for the update branch name, it will be followed by the datetime
+  GIT_USER: "DependBot" # Used for the update commit
+  GIT_EMAIL: "webmaster@thetempusproject.com" # Used for the update commit
+  GITLAB_USERNAME: "root" # Used for pushing the new branch and opening the MR
+  GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN: "glpat-PKEmivGtBfbz4DVPdhzk" # Used for pushing the new branch and opening the MR
+  MERGE_IF_SUCCESSFUL: "true" # Set to true, to merge automatically if the pipeline succeeds
+  SECONDS_BETWEEN_POOLING: 10 # Nbr of seconds between checking if the MR pipeline is successful, so then it will merge
+  JOB_GIT_FLAGS: ""
+  JOB_CURL_FLAGS: ""
+  JOB_COMPOSER_FLAGS: ""
+
+composer_update:
+  stage: update
+  image: composer:latest
+  interruptible: true # allows to stop the job if a newer pipeline starts, saving resources and allowing new jobs to start because job concurrency is limited
+  script:
+    - git ${JOB_GIT_FLAGS} fetch origin ${TARGET_BRANCH}
+    - git ${JOB_GIT_FLAGS} checkout ${TARGET_BRANCH}
+    - export DATE_TIME="$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
+    - export MR_BRANCH="${UPDATE_BRANCH_PREFIX}${DATE_TIME}"
+    - git ${JOB_GIT_FLAGS} checkout -b "${MR_BRANCH}"
+    - composer update ${JOB_COMPOSER_FLAGS}
+    - if [ "$(git diff)" == "" ]; then echo "No updates needed!"; exit 0; fi
+    - export TITLE="Update PHP dependencies [${DATE_TIME}]"
+    - git ${JOB_GIT_FLAGS} commit -a -m "${TITLE}"
+    - git ${JOB_GIT_FLAGS} push "${TARGET_REMOTE}" "${MR_BRANCH}"
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - vendor/
+  cache:
+    key: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
+    paths:
+      - vendor/
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