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+# terrapingit
+
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/written%20in-C%2B%2B%20%28Qt%2C%20libgit2%29-blue)
+
+A graphical git client.
+
+The application is designed to mimic TortoiseHg.
+
+The 0.0.20171023 release is pre-alpha - it can view history, and make commits, but is not really useful.
+
+## License
+
+GPLv2
+- This project includes GPLv2-licensed images from the TortoiseHg project
+- The application icon is based on [work by Matteo Della Chiesa](https://thenounproject.com/term/turtle/159969/) (CC-BY 3.0 US)
+
+## Changelog
+
+2017-10-23 0.0.20171023
+- Initial development
+- [⬇️ terrapingit-0.0.20171023-src.zip](dist-archive/terrapingit-0.0.20171023-src.zip) *(38.24 KiB)*
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