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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+export enum ProviderType {
+  LOCAL = 'local',
+  LDAP = 'ldap',
+  SAML = 'saml',
+  OAUTH2 = 'oauth2',
+  GITLAB = 'gitlab',
+  GITHUB = 'github',
+  FACEBOOK = 'facebook',
+  TWITTER = 'twitter',
+  DROPBOX = 'dropbox',
+  GOOGLE = 'google',
+}