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 Various files to support upcoming GitHub tasks the series trains you for, but more importantly, demonstration out-of-codebase contents (e.g. issues and milestones) so you can get a feeling of what features GitHub offers without having to first create such content or data.  The video series frequently uses this repository as a way of touring trainees briefly through these features before tackling them.
 
+Trying this out for the first time. **This is a test 1.**
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 ## License
 
 This repository is © 2015 Christophe Porteneuve, provided under the [MIT license](LICENSE), and part of a video training series produced for and distributed by O’Reilly.