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+# Haskell Program Coverage
+
+This repository provides the `hpc` binary which produces coverage reports in various formats from .tix and .mix files.
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 Synopsis: XXX
 Description: XXX
 Category: Development
+extra-source-files: README.md
 build-type: Simple
 cabal-version: 2.0