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+HSCloud
+=======
+
+This is a monorepo. You'll need bash and Bazel 0.20.0+ to use it.
+
+Getting started
+---------------
+
+    cd hscloud
+    . env.sh # setup PATH and hscloud_root
+    tools/install.sh # build tools
+
+    kubectl version