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+This is a *minimally modified* branch of Akkoma-FE intended to fix a handful of small issues that cannot be fixed in the backend alone.
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+Before attempting to fix something in here, please check if it's possible to cleanly fix it just in the backend alone.
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 # Akkoma-FE
 
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