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+[![Pipeline Status](https://gitlab.com/rascul/rewot/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.com/rascul/sup/pipelines)
+[![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://gitlab.com/rascul/sup/blob/master/LICENSE)
+
+this is a mud log replay thing
+
+it's not very complete but if you want to hack on it then:
+
+~~~
+git clone https://gitlab.com/rascul/rewot
+cargo run
+~~~
+
+then go to that url