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 blog post").
 
 
+Project Status
+---------------
+This project is no longer maintained. For an actively developed fork try [https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow](https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow).
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+
 Getting started
 ---------------
 For the best introduction to get started with `git flow`, please read Jeff