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+# zig-git
+
+![loc](https://sloc.xyz/github/nektro/zig-git)
+[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/nektro/zig-git.svg)](https://github.com/nektro/zig-git/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[![nektro @ github sponsors](https://img.shields.io/badge/sponsors-nektro-purple?logo=github)](https://github.com/sponsors/nektro)
+[![Zig](https://img.shields.io/badge/Zig-0.14-f7a41d)](https://ziglang.org/)
+[![Zigmod](https://img.shields.io/badge/Zigmod-latest-f7a41d)](https://github.com/nektro/zigmod)
+
+Inspect into the depths of your .git folder purely from Zig.