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+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/custom-apt.conf.d/.gitkeep b/custom-apt.conf.d/.gitkeep
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+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the OSPO Code Scanner project
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0