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+The scripts in this directory are so called GIT hooks.
+Purpose is to do automatic changes after merge, commit and checkout.
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+Those files are for a Linux-like environment with basic tools ln, grep, sed and bash.
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+Windows users can see them as template.
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+To use them simply copy those files into your ESPEasy/.git/hooks directory.