diff --git a/.env b/.env
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+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=m2_meanbee_svghelper
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/magento
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Meanbee
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+# Magento 2 SVG Helper
+
+Simple module that provides a block level helper for reading in an SVG files source from a theme in Magento 2.
+
+## Installation
+
+Install this extension via Composer:
+
+```
+composer config repositories.meanbee_svghelper vcs https://github.com/meanbee/magento2-svghelper
+composer require meanbee/magento2-svghelper
+```
+
+## Development
+
+### Setting up a development environment
+
+A Docker development environment is included with the project:
+
+```
+mkdir magento
+docker-compose up -d db # Allow a few seconds for the db to initalise
+docker-compose run --rm cli bash /src/setup.sh
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+The SVGHelper is set as data on every block. This means that in your template you can call:
+
+```<?php echo $block->getData('svgHelper')->getViewSvg('pathtofile.svg') ?>```
+
+or
+
+```<?php echo $block->getData('svgHelper')->getViewSvg('Magento_Module::pathtofile.svg') ?>```
+
+This will output the raw contents of the svg file.
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+  "name": "meanbee/magento2-svghelper",
+  "description": "Magento 2 module that provides a block level helper for reading in an SVG files source from a theme",
+  "type": "magento2-module",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": [
+    "Commercial"
+  ],
+  "repositories": {
+    "magento": {
+      "type": "composer",
+      "url": "https://repo.magento.com/"
+    }
+  },
+  "require": {
+    "magento/framework": "100.1.*",
+    "psr/log": "~1.0"
+  },
+  "authors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Darren Belding",
+      "email": "darren.belding@meanbee.com"
+    }
+  ],
+  "autoload": {
+    "files": [
+      "src/registration.php"
+    ],
+    "psr-4": {
+      "Meanbee\\SVGHelper\\": "/src"
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "2"
+services:
+  varnish:
+    image: meanbee/magento2-varnish:latest
+    hostname: m2-meanbee-svghelper.docker
+    ports:
+      - 80
+    environment:
+      - VIRTUAL_HOST=m2-meanbee-svghelper.docker
+      - VIRTUAL_PORT=80
+      - HTTPS_METHOD=noredirect
+      - CERT_NAME=default
+    links:
+      - web
+
+  web:
+    image: meanbee/magento2-nginx:1.9
+    hostname: web.m2-meanbee-svghelper.docker
+    ports:
+      - 80
+    volumes_from:
+      - appdata
+    env_file:
+      - ./magento.env
+    links:
+      - fpm
+
+  fpm:
+    image: meanbee/magento2-php:7.0-fpm
+    hostname: fpm.m2-meanbee-svghelper.docker
+    ports:
+      - 9000
+    volumes_from:
+      - appdata
+    env_file:
+      - ./magento.env
+    environment:
+      - ENABLE_SENDMAIL=true
+      - PHP_ENABLE_XDEBUG
+    links:
+      - db
+
+  cron:
+    image: meanbee/magento2-php:7.0-cli
+    hostname: cron.m2-meanbee-svghelper.docker
+    command: run-cron
+    volumes_from:
+      - appdata
+    env_file:
+      - ./magento.env
+    environment:
+      - ENABLE_SENDMAIL=true
+    links:
+      - db
+
+  cli:
+    image: meanbee/magento2-php:7.0-cli
+    volumes_from:
+      - appdata
+    volumes:
+      - ~/.composer:/root/.composer
+    env_file:
+      - ./magento.env
+    environment:
+      - COMPOSER_HOME=/root/.composer
+      - COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
+      - M2SETUP_INSTALL_DB=true
+      - M2SETUP_VERSION=2.1.*
+      - M2SETUP_USE_SAMPLE_DATA=true
+      - M2SETUP_DB_HOST=db
+      - M2SETUP_DB_NAME=magento2
+      - M2SETUP_DB_USER=magento2
+      - M2SETUP_DB_PASSWORD=magento2
+      - M2SETUP_BASE_URL=https://m2-meanbee-svghelper.docker/
+      - M2SETUP_BACKEND_FRONTNAME=admin
+      - M2SETUP_ADMIN_FIRSTNAME=Admin
+      - M2SETUP_ADMIN_LASTNAME=User
+      - M2SETUP_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
+      - M2SETUP_ADMIN_USER=admin
+      - M2SETUP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password123
+    links:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    image: mariadb:10
+    ports:
+      - 3306
+    volumes_from:
+      - dbdata
+    env_file:
+      - ./magento.env
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=magento2
+      - MYSQL_USER=magento2
+      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=magento2
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=magento2
+      - TERM=dumb
+
+  appdata:
+    image: cweagans/bg-sync
+    volumes:
+      - /var/www/magento
+      - .:/src
+    environment:
+      - SYNC_SOURCE=/var/www/magento
+      - SYNC_DESTINATION=/src/magento
+      - SYNC_VERBOSE=1
+      - SYNC_MAX_INOTIFY_WATCHES=64000
+    privileged: true
+    restart: always
+
+  dbdata:
+    image: tianon/true
+    volumes:
+      - /var/lib/mysql
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diff --git a/magento.env b/magento.env
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+MAGENTO_RUN_MODE=developer
+PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT=2G
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diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e # Exit on error
+
+# Install Magento 2 if necessary
+magento-installer
+
+cd $MAGENTO_ROOT
+
+# Add the extension via Composer
+composer config repositories.meanbee_svghelper '{"type": "path", "url": "/src", "options": {"symlink": true}}'
+
+composer require "meanbee/magento2-svghelper" "@dev"
+
+# Workaround for Magento only allowing template paths within the install root
+ln -s /src $MAGENTO_ROOT/src
+
+# Enable the extension and run migrations
+magento-command module:enable Meanbee_SVGHelper
+magento-command setup:upgrade
+magento-command setup:static-content:deploy
+magento-command cache:flush
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diff --git a/src/Helper/Data.php b/src/Helper/Data.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Meanbee\SVGHelper\Helper;
+
+use \Magento\Framework\App\Helper\AbstractHelper;
+
+class Data extends AbstractHelper
+{
+    protected $_assetSource;
+    protected $_assetRepository;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        \Magento\Framework\App\Helper\Context $context,
+        \Magento\Framework\View\Asset\Source $assetSource,
+        \Magento\Framework\View\Asset\Repository $assetRepository
+    )
+    {
+        $this->_assetSource = $assetSource;
+        $this->_assetRepository = $assetRepository;
+
+        parent::__construct($context);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $path
+     *
+     * @return bool|string
+     */
+    public function getViewSvg($path)
+    {
+        $file = $this->_assetRepository->createAsset($path);
+        return $this->_assetSource->getContent($file);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Plugin/BlockPlugin.php b/src/Plugin/BlockPlugin.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Meanbee\SVGHelper\Plugin;
+
+class BlockPlugin
+{
+    protected $_svgHelper;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        \Meanbee\SVGHelper\Helper\Data $svgHelper
+    )
+    {
+        $this->_svgHelper = $svgHelper;
+    }
+
+    public function afterCreateBlock($subject, $result)
+    {
+        return $result->setData('svgHelper', $this->_svgHelper);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/etc/frontend/di.xml b/src/etc/frontend/di.xml
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+<config>
+    <type name="Magento\Framework\View\Element\BlockFactory">
+        <plugin name="set_svg_helper" type="Meanbee\SVGHelper\Plugin\BlockPlugin" sortOrder="1" />
+    </type>
+</config>
diff --git a/src/etc/module.xml b/src/etc/module.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
+    <module name="Meanbee_SVGHelper" setup_version="1.0.0"/>
+</config>
diff --git a/src/registration.php b/src/registration.php
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+<?php
+
+\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
+    \Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
+    'Meanbee_SVGHelper',
+    __DIR__
+);
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