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+src/docs/* linguist-documentation
+scripts/* linguist-documentation
+gatsby-browser.js linguist-documentation
+gatsby-config.js linguist-documentation
+gatsby-node.js linguist-documentation
+gatsby-ssr.js linguist-documentation
+.travis/* linguist-documentation
+config.js linguist-documentation