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+Ambari
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+This repo is for a version of Ambari that has been extended with support for Alluxio.
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+Custom Releases
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+The 'bazaarvoice' branch was created from origin/branch-2.5 and is merged with branches from the upstream repo to create bazaarvoice-customized releases.
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+- release-2.5.2.bv0.0.1
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