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 ![](https://github.com/libigl/libigl-legacy/raw/5ff6387765fa85ca46f1a6222728e35e2b8b8961/libigl-teaser.png)
 
 Documentation, tutorial, and instructions at <https://libigl.github.io>.
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+:exclamation: **On October 15, 2018, a new, cleaned-up history was pushed onto the main libigl repository. To learn more about the consequences of this, and troubleshooting, please read [this page](https://libigl.github.io/rewritten-history/).**