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-Merge of https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest/ for my master thesis "Android Soft Root".
+Fork of https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest/ for my master thesis "Android Soft Root".
 
 The relevant branch is android-7.1.2_r28_klist.