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 # ❤️🪵
 
+> **Note:** this is a fork of upstream `heartwood` adding Git LFS (large file) support backed
+> by IPFS. See [`LFS-IPFS.md`](LFS-IPFS.md) for what's added and how to set it up; everything
+> below is upstream's own documentation, unchanged.
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 *Radicle Heartwood Protocol & Stack*
 
 Heartwood is the third iteration of the Radicle Protocol, a powerful