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+This repo is forked from https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom
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+* This repo is historical - all of its contents have been merged with GZDoom in GZDoom version 4.7.0. The branch "oldmaster" contains the old commit history. This will be archived.
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 # Welcome to GZDoom!
 
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