diff --git a/types/shorten-repo-url/index.d.ts b/types/shorten-repo-url/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for shorten-repo-url 1.5
+// Project: https://github.com/bfred-it/shorten-repo-url#readme
+// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export = shortenRepoUrl;
+
+declare function shortenRepoUrl(url: string, currentUrl?: string): string;
+
+declare namespace shortenRepoUrl {
+    function applyToLink(link: HTMLAnchorElement, currentUrl?: string): boolean;
+}
diff --git a/types/shorten-repo-url/shorten-repo-url-tests.ts b/types/shorten-repo-url/shorten-repo-url-tests.ts
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+import shortenRepoUrl = require('shorten-repo-url');
+
+// $ExpectType string
+shortenRepoUrl('https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v0.12/doc', 'https://github.com/nodejs/node');
+// $ExpectType string
+shortenRepoUrl('https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v0.12/doc');
+
+const link = document.createElement('a');
+link.setAttribute('href', 'https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v0.12/doc');
+
+// $ExpectType boolean
+shortenRepoUrl.applyToLink(link);
+// $ExpectType boolean
+shortenRepoUrl.applyToLink(link, 'https://github.com/nodejs/node');
diff --git a/types/shorten-repo-url/tsconfig.json b/types/shorten-repo-url/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "shorten-repo-url-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/shorten-repo-url/tslint.json b/types/shorten-repo-url/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }