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+
+# rattail-fabric2
+
+Rattail is a retail software framework, released under the GNU General Public
+License.
+
+This package contains various utility functions for use with
+[Fabric](http://www.fabfile.org/) (v2).
+
+Please see Rattail's [home page](https://rattailproject.org/) for more
+information.
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-
-rattail-fabric2
-===============
-
-Rattail is a retail software framework, released under the GNU General Public
-License.
-
-This package contains various utility functions for use with `Fabric`_ (v2).
-
-.. _`Fabric`: http://www.fabfile.org/
-
-Please see Rattail's `home page`_ for more information.
-
-.. _`home page`: https://rattailproject.org/
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "rattail-fabric2"
 version = "0.4.3"
 description = "Fabric (v2) Utilities for Rattail"
-readme = "README.rst"
+readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Lance Edgar", email = "lance@edbob.org"}]
 license = {text = "GNU GPL v3+"}
 classifiers = [