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+# rainbow
+
+rainbow helps you build colorful output for both 8- and 256-color
+terminals.  It works only on Unix-like operating systems.  For more
+information, please see the documentation in the main Rainbow
+module.
+
+rainbow is on Github:
+
+http://www.github.com/massysett/rainbow
+
+and Hackage:
+
+http://hackage.haskell.org/package/rainbow
+
+rainbow is licensed under the BSD license; see the LICENSE file.
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--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.20.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.28.2.
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+-- hash: 19c04a9948206d114b8a7bf305dcf3dbf8f4bbf8af474470ab5c37c4e23a1342
 
 name:           rainbow
-version:        0.30.0.0
+version:        0.30.0.2
 synopsis:       Print text to terminal with colors and effects
+description:    Please see README.md
 category:       System
 stability:      Experimental
 homepage:       https://www.github.com/massysett/rainbow
-bug-reports:    https://www.github.com/massysett/rainbow/issues"
+bug-reports:    https://www.github.com/massysett/rainbow/issues
 author:         Omari Norman
 maintainer:     omari@smileystation.com
 copyright:      Copyright 2013-2018 Omari Norman
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 license-file:   LICENSE
 build-type:     Simple
 cabal-version:  >= 1.10
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
 
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