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+docstore-sharelatex
+===================
+
+A CRUD API for storing and updating text documents in projects
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sharelatex/docstore-sharelatex.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sharelatex/docstore-sharelatex)
+
+License
+-------
+
+The code in this repository is released under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, version 3. A copy can be found in the `LICENSE` file.
+
+Copyright (c) ShareLaTeX, 2014.