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 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mappy.svg?style=flat)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mappy)
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 ## <a name="started"></a>Getting Started
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/lh3/minimap2