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-See the wiki at: https://github.com/philsquared/Catch/wiki
+CATCH is an automated test framework for C, C++ and Objective-C.
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+This branch may contain code that is experimental or not yet fully tested.
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+The latest stable version can be found on the Master branch - or, better still, as a single header in the Downloads section.
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+For documentation see the wiki at: https://github.com/philsquared/Catch/wiki