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+# Important!
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+**This project does not have a maintainer or active project members. There won’t be any support or attention to pull requests. Please do not contact previous maintainers unless you are qualified and have the resources to make a serious commitment to fully take over ownership of the project.**
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 # dagre - Graph layout for JavaScript
 
 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/dagrejs/dagre.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/dagrejs/dagre)
 
-Dagre is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to lay out directed graphs on
-the client-side.
+Dagre is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to lay out directed graphs on the client-side.
 
-For more details, including examples and configuration options, please see our
-[wiki](https://github.com/dagrejs/dagre/wiki).
+For more details, including examples and configuration options, please see our [wiki](https://github.com/dagrejs/dagre/wiki).
 
 ## License
 
-dagre is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE file
-for details.
+dagre is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.