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+# Markdown
+*.md linguist-detectable=true
+*.md linguist-documentation=false
+*.mkd linguist-detectable=true
+*.mkd linguist-documentation=false
+*.mdown linguist-detectable=true
+*.mdown linguist-documentation=false
+*.markdown linguist-detectable=true
+*.markdown linguist-documentation=false