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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# the command used to initialize our subtree
+#git subtree add --prefix=nodesource https://github.com/nodesource/distributions.git master --squash
+
+# the command used to update our subtree
+git subtree pull --prefix=nodesource https://github.com/nodesource/distributions.git master --squash
+