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+## Purpose
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+This Git Repository intends to represent environments in Docker Compose.  All environments are effectively a derivative of other environments.  The original environment is the environment represented by the `base` branch.  All derivative environments are represented by other branches.  Those branches are named in the format `{core}.{parent}`.
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