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+# IMPORTANT NOTE<br/>******************************************************<br/>This repository is always automatically generated from the CAS Initializr. Do NOT submit pull requests here as the change-set will be overwritten on the next sync.To learn more, please visit the [CAS documentation](https://apereo.github.io/cas).<br/>******************************************************<br/>
 Apereo CAS WAR Overlay Template
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@@ -146,4 +147,3 @@ A `docker-compose.yml` is also provided to orchestrate the build:
 ```bash  
 docker-compose build
 ```
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