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 # Project Template
 
 This repo is meant to be used as a template for typescript monorepo projects.  It contains placeholder packages to demonstrate usage.
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 * Trunk-based development (optionally with release branches)
 * Synchronized version numbers across packages
 * MacOS/Linux development environment
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