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+The canonical repository for `.gitlab-ci.yml` templates is
+https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-yml.
+https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce only mirrors the templates. Please
+submit your merge requests to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-yml.