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+Recent versions of Homebrew have the ability to install brews from both
+URLs and local file paths.
+
+This repository contains UNOFFICIAL brews that have not been accepted into
+the master branch.
+
+These brews can be installed via the raw GitHub URLs, or by cloning this
+repository locally and installing off the local disk.
+
+This REPLACES the "Homebrew Duplicates" branch.