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+The following people contribute or have contributed
+to the libgit2 project (sorted alphabetically):
+
+Alex Budovski
+Alexei Sholik
+Andreas Ericsson
+Ankur Sethi
+Ben Noordhuis
+Benjamin C Meyer
+Brian Lopez
+Carlos Martín Nieto
+Colin Timmermans
+Daniel Huckstep
+Dave Borowitz
+David Boyce
+David Glesser
+Dmitry Kovega
+Emeric Fermas
+Emmanuel Rodriguez
+Ingmar Vanhassel
+J. David Ibáñez
+Jakob Pfender
+Jason Penny
+Jason R. McNeil
+Jerome Lambourg
+Johan 't Hart
+John Wiegley
+Jonathan "Duke" Leto
+Julien Miotte
+Julio Espinoza-Sokal
+Justin Love
+Kirill A. Shutemov
+Lambert CLARA
+Luc Bertrand
+Marc Pegon
+Marcel Groothuis
+Marco Villegas
+Olivier Ramonat
+Peter Drahos
+Peter Drahoš
+Pierre Habouzit
+Przemyslaw Pawelczyk
+Ramsay Jones
+Robert G. Jakabosky
+Romain Geissler
+Romain Muller
+Sakari Jokinen
+Sam
+Sarath Lakshman
+Sascha Peilicke
+Scott Chacon
+Sebastian Schuberth
+Sergey Nikishin
+Shawn O. Pearce
+Shuhei Tanuma
+Steve Frécinaux
+Tim Branyen
+Tim Clem
+Tim Harder
+Trent Mick
+Vicent Marti
+antong
+kelly.leahy
+schu