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+---
+name: New issues are meant to be created by Hasura collaborators only
+about: DON'T USE THIS. We request you to use hasura/graphql-engine repo to open new
+  issues related to ndc-hub (bugs, feature requests etc). We recommend to tag those
+  issues with label c/ddn-ndc-hub.
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: manasag
+
+---
+
+