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-This repository contains the userspace software for the scoutfs
-clustered filesystem.
-
-More context and instructions can be found on the https://scoutfs.org/
-community site or in the
-[scoutfs-kmod-dev](https://github.com/versity/scoutfs-kmod-dev) git
-repository which houses the scoutfs Linux kernel module.