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2012	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	1	1
2013	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	4	1	3
2014	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2016	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2

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There are a few that come to mind. 'Prelude'[1] and 'Graphene'[2] both serve as a sensible defaults for most folks. I had intended to link to the 'Emacs Starter Kit', but it seems that project has been abandoned... Additionally, 'EmacsLive' [3] focuses on Clojure support. [1] https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude [2] https://github.com/rdallasgray/graphene [3] https://github.com/overtone/emacs-live

I've heard good things about using emacs-live (https://github.com/overtone/emacs-live) to get you up and running quickly.

I just use emacs-live (https://github.com/overtone/emacs-live) with a few tweaks (https://github.com/jamii/emacs-live-packs) so most of the work is done by someone else.