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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#
+# see https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+# 
+# in short:
+#  - pip install codespell
+#  - add ~/.local/bin to PATH
+
+codespell $* -L "tim,gonna,cas,tage,lightening,wither" `git ls-files|egrep -v '_fuzzer.in|_fuzzer.repro|\.der$|gnulib|ChangeLog'`