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Clearer explanation for why the fork occurred, indicate the original library continues, and link to discussion of options
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## Introduction
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This project is a fork of [OpenTable Embedded PostgreSQL Component](https://github.com/opentable/otj-pg-embedded) created due to inactivity of maintainers.
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This project is a fork of [OpenTable Embedded PostgreSQL Component](https://github.com/opentable/otj-pg-embedded) created back in 2018. The original
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project continues, but with a very different philosophy - wrapping the postgres instance in a docker container. This project is focused on running the postgres instance directly in the same JVM as the tests.
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There are [pros and cons](https://github.com/opentable/otj-pg-embedded/blob/master/README.md#recent-changes-and-the-reasons-behind-them) to both approaches discussed in their README.
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The library allows embedding PostgreSQL into Java application code with no external dependencies.
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Excellent for allowing you to unit test with a "real" Postgres without requiring end users to install and set up a database cluster.

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