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+{{ doctype }}
+<html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta name="publisher" content="Apress"/>
+    <meta name="author" content="Scott Chacon, Ben Straub"/>
+    <meta name="date" content="2014-11-01"/>
+    <meta name="description" content="Pro Git (Second Edition) is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world."/>
+    <title>{{ title }}</title>
+  </head>
+  <body data-type="book">
+    {{ content }}
+  </body>
+</html>
