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-# git-crev
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+# git-crev
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+> A cryptographically verifiable **c**ode **rev**iew system for Git.
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+## Introduction
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+[Crev](https://github.com/dpc/crev/) is a language and ecosystem agnostic, distributed **c**ode **rev**iew system.
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+`git-crev` is an implementation of Crev as a command line extension to [Git](https://git-scm.com/). This tool helps Git users evaluate the quality and trustworthiness of Git commits.