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 Hacking on cpp-netlib
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-cpp-netlib uses git_ for tracking work, and is hosted on GitHub_. 
+cpp-netlib uses git_ for tracking work and is hosted on GitHub_. 
 cpp-netlib is hosted on GitHub_ following the GitHub recommended practice of
 forking the repository and submitting pull requests to the source repository.
 You can read more about the forking_ process and submitting `pull requests`_ if