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@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ This site is libre!
 Contributors: Me and [Emily](https://git.donut.gq/emilyd)
 
 <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.
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+# Why is it 300MB?
+The commits are 300MB in total, if you are looking to `git clone` this site, i recommend using `--depth 1`. 
+These commits exist for historical reasons.
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