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-<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 -->
-<!-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk> -->
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-# Ruleset litmus test — DO NOT MERGE
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-Temporary throwaway PR to observe whether a normal green PR reaches a
-mergeable (CLEAN) state after pruning the structurally-unsatisfiable
-"Base" ruleset rules. This file and its branch will be deleted.