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+<!--
+
+    If you are unhappy how your favorite Go dependency management tool deals
+    with this repository, please do not file an issue but read
+    https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang#important-note-about-releases-versioning-tagging-stability-and-your-favorite-go-dependency-management-tool
+    instead. Thank you very much.
+
+-->