README.md

# go-ipfs-cmds

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> ipfs commands library

cmds offers tools for describing and calling commands both locally and remotely, as well as encoding, formatting and transferring the result. It is the successor of go-ipfs/commands and contains a legacy layer such that it can handle previously defined commands.

## Lead Maintainer

[Steven Allen](https://github.com/Stebalien)

## Documentation

https://godoc.org/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds

## Contribute

Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an [issue](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/issues)!

This repository falls under the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

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## License

MIT