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A page is any file ending with `.md` in the `content` directory, except files
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A page is any file ending with `.md` in the `content` directory, except files
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named `_index.md`.
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named `_index.md`.
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If a file ending with `.md` is named `index.md`, then it will generate a page
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with the name of the containing folder (for example, `/content/about/index.md` would
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create a page at `[base_url]/about`). (Note the lack of an underscore; if the file
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were named `_index.md`, then it would create a **section** at `[base_url]/about`, as
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discussed in the prior part of this documentation. But naming the file `index.md` will
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create a **page** at `[base_url]/about`).
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If the file is given any name *other* than `index.md` or `_index.md`, then it will
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create a page with that name (without the `.md`). So naming a file in the root of your
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content directory `about.md` would also create a page at `[base_url]/about`.
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As you can see, creating an `about.md` file is exactly equivalent to creating an
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`about/index.md` file. The only difference between the two methods is that creating
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the `about` folder allows you to use asset colocation, as discussed in the
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[Overview](./documentation/content/overview.md) section of this documentation.
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## Front-matter
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## Front-matter
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The front-matter is a set of metadata embedded in a file. In Gutenberg,
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The front-matter is a set of metadata embedded in a file. In Gutenberg,
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While none of the front-matter variables are mandatory, the opening and closing `+++` are required.
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While none of the front-matter variables are mandatory, the opening and closing `+++` are required.
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Here is an example page with all the variables available:
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Here is an example page with all the variables available. The values provided below are the default
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values.
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```md
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```md
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+++
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+++
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# The date of the post.
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# The date of the post.
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# 2 formats are allowed: YYYY-MM-DD (2012-10-02) and RFC3339 (2002-10-02T15:00:00Z)
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# 2 formats are allowed: YYYY-MM-DD (2012-10-02) and RFC3339 (2002-10-02T15:00:00Z)
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# Do not wrap dates in quotes, the line below only indicates that there is no default date
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# Do not wrap dates in quotes, the line below only indicates that there is no default date.
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# If the section variable `sort_by` is set to `date`, then any page that lacks a `date`
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# will not be rendered.
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date =
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date =
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# The weight as defined in the Section page
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# If the section variable `sort_by` is set to `weight`, then any page that lacks a `weight`
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# will not be rendered.
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weight = 0
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# A draft page will not be present in prev/next pagination
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# A draft page will not be present in prev/next pagination
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draft = false
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draft = false
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# It should not start with a `/` and the slash will be removed if it does
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# It should not start with a `/` and the slash will be removed if it does
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path = ""
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path = ""
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# A dict of taxonomies: the key is the name of the taxonomy which must match
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# An array of strings allowing you to group pages with them
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# one of the taxonomy defined in `config.toml` and the value is a list of
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tags = []
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# strings
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[taxonomies]
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# The order as defined in the Section page
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# An overarching category name for that page, allowing you to group pages with it
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order = 0
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category = ""
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# The weight as defined in the Section page
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weight = 0
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# Use aliases if you are moving content but want to redirect previous URLs to the
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# Use aliases if you are moving content but want to redirect previous URLs to the
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# current one. Each element in the array of aliases may take one of two forms:
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# current one. This takes an array of path, not URLs.
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# * "some/alias/path", which will generate "some/alias/path/index.html"
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# * "some/alias/path.html", which will generate "some/alias/path.html"
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#
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# The former is useful if your previous site had the form "example.com/some/alias/path",
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# the latter is useful if your previous site had the form "example.com/some/alias/path.html"
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aliases = []
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aliases = []
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# Whether the page should be in the search index. This is only used if
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# Whether the page should be in the search index. This is only used if
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weight = 20
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weight = 20
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A section is automatically created when a folder is found in the `content` section, unless it only
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A section is created whenever a folder (or subfolder) in the `content` section contains an
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contains a `index.md` file and is actually a page with assets.
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`_index.md` file. If a folder does not contain an `_index.md` file, no section will be
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created, but markdown files within that folder will still create pages (known as orphan pages).
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You can add `_index.md` file to a folder to augment a section and give it some metadata and/or content.
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The index page (i.e., the page displayed when a user browses to your `base_url`) is a section,
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which is created whether or not you add an `_index.md` file at the root of your `content` folder.
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The index page is actually a section created automatically like any other: you can add metadata
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If you do not create an `_index.md` file in your content directory, this main content section will
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and content by adding `_index.md` at the root of the `content` folder.
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not have any content or metadata. If you would like to add content or metadata, you can add an
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`_index.md` file at the root of the `content` folder and edit it just as you would edit any other
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`_index.md` file; your `index.html` template will then have access to that content and metadata.
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## Front-matter
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## Front-matter
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The `_index.md` file within a folder defines the content and metadata for that section. To set
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the metadata, add front matter to the file.
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The front-matter is a set of metadata embedded in a file. In Gutenberg,
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The front-matter is a set of metadata embedded in a file. In Gutenberg,
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it is at the beginning of the file, surrounded by `+++` and uses TOML.
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it is at the beginning of the file, surrounded by `+++` and uses TOML.
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After the closing `+++`, you can add content that will be parsed as markdown and will be available
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to your templates through the `section.content` variable.
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While none of the front-matter variables are mandatory, the opening and closing `+++` are required.
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While none of the front-matter variables are mandatory, the opening and closing `+++` are required.
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Here is an example `_index.md` with all the variables available:
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Here is an example `_index.md` with all the variables available. The values provided below are the
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default values.
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```md
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description = ""
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description = ""
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# Whether to sort by "date", "order", "weight" or "none". More on that below
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# Whether to sort pages by "date", "weight", or "none". More on that below
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sort_by = "none"
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sort_by = "none"
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# Used by the parent section to order its subsections.
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# Used by the parent section to order its subsections.
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by setting the `paginate_path` variable, which defaults to `page`.
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## Sorting
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## Sorting
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Sections' pages can be sorted three different ways, not counting the unsorted default and
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It is very common for Gutenberg templates to iterate over pages or sections
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is enabled by setting the `sort_by` front-matter variable.
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to display all pages/sections a given directory. Consider a very simple
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example: a `blog` directory with three files: `blog/Post_1.md`,
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`blog/Post_2.md`, and `blog/Post_3.md`. To iterate over these posts and
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create a list of links to the posts, a simple template might look like this:
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Any page that cannot be sorted, for example if missing the date variable while sorting by `date`, will be ignored and
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won't be rendered. The terminal will warn you if this is happening.
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{% for post in section.pages %}
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<h1><a href="{{ post.permalink }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h1>
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If several pages have the same date/weight/order, their permalink will be used to break the tie following
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This would iterate over the posts, and would do so in a specific order
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an alphabetical order.
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based on the `sort_by` variable set in the `_index.md` page for the
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containing section. The `sort_by` variable can be given three values: `date`,
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`weight`, and `none`. If no `sort_by` method is set, the pages will be
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sorted in the `none` order, which is not intended to be used for sorted content.
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Any page that is missing the data it needs to be sorted will be ignored and
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won't be rendered. For example, if a page is missing the date variable the
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containing section sets `sort_by = "date"`, then that page will be ignored.
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The terminal will warn you if this is happening.
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If several pages have the same date/weight/order, their permalink will be used
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to break the tie following an alphabetical order.
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## Sorting Pages
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### `date`
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### `date`
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This will sort all pages by their `date` field, from the most recent to the oldest.
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This will sort all pages by their `date` field, from the most recent (at the
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top of the list) to the oldest (at the bottom of the list). Each page will
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get `page.earlier` and `page.later` variables that contain the pages with
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earlier and later dates, respectively.
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### `weight`
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### `weight`
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This will be sort all pages by their `weight` field. Heavier weights fall at the bottom: 5 would be before 10.
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This will be sort all pages by their `weight` field, from lightest weight
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(at the top of the list) to heaviest (at the bottom of the list). Each
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page gets `page.lighter` and `page.heavier` variables that contain the
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pages with lighter and heavier weights, respectively.
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This will be sort all pages by their `order` field. Order is the opposite of weight, think of it as enumerating
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which reverses the order of the pages. Thus, after using the `reverse` filter,
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the content: this is my first post, my second, etc. A page with `order: 5` will appear after a page with `order: 10` in the sorted list.
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pages sorted by weight will be sorted from lightest (at the top) to heaviest
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(at the bottom); pages sorted by date will be sorted from oldest (at the top)
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to newest (at the bottom).
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and do not have any variables that point to the next heavier/lighter sections.
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the top of the list and the heaviest (highest `weight`) will be at the top;
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equally weighted sections. Thus, if the `weight` variable for your section is not set (or if it
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is set in a way that produces ties), then your sections will be sorted in
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**random** order. Moreover, that order is determined at build time and will
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change with each site rebuild. Thus, if there is any chance that you will
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iterate over your sections, you should always assign them weight.
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