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+#Github Flavored Markdown exporter for Org Mode
+
+This is a small exporter based on the Markdown exporter already existing in
+org mode. It should support the features [listed here](https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/).
+
+The exporter has made it's way into to the `contrib` section of Org, and can
+be found here:
+
+http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/plain/contrib/lisp/ox-gfm.el
+
+If changes are made, these will appear here before they are suggested to the
+Org mode mailing list.