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commit 337ffef0db4d3df44176eec85ed94586f46ad00a
Author: zumbruch <p.zumbruch@gsi.de>
Date:   Fri Jan 9 16:42:53 2015 +0100

    added local log files to gitignore

commit 4ff81e03b29c2ef63b2c135d1744fca1c95c1e59
Merge: 64919fa6 e01e443f
Author: zumbruch <p.zumbruch@gsi.de>
Date:   Fri Jan 9 16:32:08 2015 +0100

    Merge remote-tracking branch 'github_pz-ssh/master' into initial_github

    Conflicts:
    	README

commit e01e443f
Author: zumbruch <p.zumbruch@gsi.de>
Date:   Mon Mar 3 11:47:13 2014 +0100

    Update README

commit cb42c4bd
Author: zumbruch <p.zumbruch@gsi.de>
Date:   Mon Mar 3 11:44:51 2014 +0100

    Update README

commit 2a78d5ce
Author: Peter Zumbruch <P.Zumbruch@gsi.de>
Date:   Tue Nov 8 11:23:50 2011 +0100

    first commit