diff --git a/roles/create_cvmfs_content_structure/files/README.dev b/roles/create_cvmfs_content_structure/files/README.dev
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+Development repository for EESSI
diff --git a/roles/create_cvmfs_content_structure/files/cvmfsdirtab-dev.eessi.io b/roles/create_cvmfs_content_structure/files/cvmfsdirtab-dev.eessi.io
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+# Software layer paths
+# CPU targets: /<project name>/versions/<version>/software/{linux,macos}/{aarch64,riscv64,x86_64}/<vendor>/<microarchitecture>/software
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/software
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/software/*/*
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/modules
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/reprod
+# Accelerator targets: /<project name>/versions/<version>/software/{linux,macos}/{aarch64,riscv64,x86_64}/<vendor>/<microarchitecture>/accel/<vendor>/<type>/software
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/accel/*/*/software
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/accel/*/*/software/*/*
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/accel/*/*/modules
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/*/accel/*/*/reprod
+# generic and some (aarch64) targets are one level less deep (no <vendor>)
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/software
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/software/*/*
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/modules
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/reprod
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/accel/*/*/software
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/accel/*/*/software/*/*
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/accel/*/*/modules
+/*/versions/*/software/*/*/*/accel/*/*/reprod
diff --git a/roles/create_cvmfs_content_structure/vars/dev.eessi.io.yml b/roles/create_cvmfs_content_structure/vars/dev.eessi.io.yml
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+# Specifications of files and symlinks for the dev.eessi.io CVMFS repository.
+# Paths for files and symlinks should be relative to the root of the repository.
+---
+directories: [] # noqa: var-naming[no-role-prefix]
+
+files: # noqa: var-naming[no-role-prefix]
+  - name: cvmfsdirtab-dev.eessi.io
+    dest: '.cvmfsdirtab'
+    mode: '644'
+
+  - name: README.dev
+    dest: 'README'
+    mode: '644'
+
+symlinks: [] # noqa: var-naming[no-role-prefix]