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 Eclipse Jetty Canonical Repository
 ==================================
 
-This is the canonical repository for the Jetty project, feel free to fork and contribute now!  
+This is the canonical repository for the Jetty project, feel free to fork and contribute now!
 
 Submitting a patch or pull request?
 
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 Jetty is a lightweight highly scalable java based web server and servlet engine.
-Our goal is to support web protocols like HTTP, HTTP/2 and WebSocket in a high volume low latency way that provides maximum performance while retaining the ease of use and compatibility with years of servlet development. 
+Our goal is to support web protocols like HTTP, HTTP/2 and WebSocket in a high volume low latency way that provides maximum performance while retaining the ease of use and compatibility with years of servlet development.
 Jetty is a modern fully async web server that has a long history as a component oriented technology easily embedded into applications while still offering a solid traditional distribution for webapp deployment.
 
 - [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/rt.jetty](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/rt.jetty)