diff --git a/types/git-user-email/git-user-email-tests.ts b/types/git-user-email/git-user-email-tests.ts
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+++ b/types/git-user-email/git-user-email-tests.ts
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+import email = require('git-user-email');
+
+email(); // $ExpectType string
diff --git a/types/git-user-email/index.d.ts b/types/git-user-email/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/git-user-email/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for git-user-email 0.2
+// Project: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/git-user-email
+// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export = gitUserEmail;
+
+declare function gitUserEmail(): string;
diff --git a/types/git-user-email/tsconfig.json b/types/git-user-email/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/types/git-user-email/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "git-user-email-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/git-user-email/tslint.json b/types/git-user-email/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }