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+====================
+Kayobe Configuration
+====================
+
+This repository provides configuration for the `kayobe
+<https://github.com/stackhpc/kayobe>`_ project. It is intended to encourage
+version control of site configuration.
+
+See the `kayobe documentation
+<https://github.com/stackhpc/kayobe/tree/master/doc/source>`_ for further
+information on configuring kayobe.