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commit 444ac553ac7612cc88969031b02b3767fb8a353a
Author: A U Thor <author@example.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 2006 +0000

    Initial

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:000000 100644 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 01e79c32a8c99c557f0757da7cb6d65b3414466d A	file0
:000000 100644 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 01e79c32a8c99c557f0757da7cb6d65b3414466d A	file2
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