README.md

go-car (go!)
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> A library to interact with merkledags stored as a single file

This is an implementation in Go of the [CAR spec](https://ipld.io/specs/transport/car/).

Note that there are two major module versions:

* [go-car/v2](v2/) is geared towards reading and writing CARv2 files, and also
  supports consuming CARv1 files and using CAR files as an IPFS blockstore.
* go-car v0, in the root directory, just supports reading and writing CARv1 files.

Most users should attempt to use v2, especially for new software.

## Maintainers

[Daniel Martí](https://github.com/mvdan) and [Masih Derkani](https://github.com/masih).

## Contribute

PRs are welcome!

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## License

Apache-2.0/MIT © Protocol Labs