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+# Empty branch
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+This branch is intentionally empty because `master` and `develop` live under the `qmk` organisation.
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+I feel no need to keep my fork in-sync with those branches; feel free to check [qmk_firmware](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware) instead -- only my own PR branches live here.
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