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+Flutter plugins
+===============
+
+This repo is a companion repo to the main [flutter
+repo](https://github.com/flutter/flutter). It contains the source code for
+Flutter first-party plugins.
+
+Flutter plugins enable access to platform-specific APIs. For more information
+about plugins, and how to use them, see
+[https://flutter.io/platform-plugins/](https://flutter.io/platform-plugins/).