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commit 9d858a635f4e5ce4b9b6e75cfd610a425fad6fac
Author: Daniel Ruoso <daniel@ruoso.com>
Date:   Fri Apr 4 00:04:33 2008 +0100

    removing ~ file

commit 769c40f1b09fd6d840c305ff33c84f9765160565
Author: Daniel Ruoso <daniel@ruoso.com>
Date:   Fri Apr 4 00:04:19 2008 +0100

    first version\