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+# Contributing to rust-smallvec
+
+This branch contains the code for SmallVec v2, which is not yet ready for release.
+If your code is using any of the alpha versions of SmallVec, be aware that the API
+might change between versions.
+
+The status of v2 can be tracked in:
+
+- [the milestones](https://github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/milestones)
+- [the wiki spec](https://github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/wiki)
+
+The source code for the latest smallvec 1.x.y release can be found on the
+[v1 branch](https://github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/tree/v1). Bug fixes for
+smallvec v1 should be based on that branch, while new feature development should
+go on the v2 branch.
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 rust-smallvec
 =============
 
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> This branch contains the code for SmallVec v2, which is not yet ready for release.
-> If your code is using any of the alpha version of SmallVec, beware that the API might
-> change between versions.
->
-> The status of v2 can be tracked in:
-> - [the milestones](https://github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/milestones)
-> - [the wiki spec](https://github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/wiki)
->
-> The source code for the latest smallvec 1.x.y release can be found on the
-> [v1 branch](https://github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/tree/v1).  
-> Bug fixes for smallvec v1 should be based on that branch, while
-> new feature development should go on the v2 branch.
-
 ## About smallvec
 
 [Documentation](https://docs.rs/smallvec/)