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-[] I have added an entry to `docs/changelog.md`
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 ## Summary of changes
 
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 # gdbgui release history
 
+## development
+* Removed gdbgui binaries from source control. They can now be downloaded as artifacts of [releases](https://github.com/cs01/gdbgui/releases).
+
 ## 0.13.2.1
 * No end user changes. This release builds the gdbgui executables with GitHub actions.
 
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