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+## CPython Mirror
+
+https://github.com/python/cpython is a cpython mirror repository. Pull requests
+are not accepted on this repo and will be automatically closed.
+
+### Submit patches at https://bugs.python.org
+
+For additional information about contributing to CPython, see the
+[developer's guide](https://docs.python.org/devguide/#contributing).