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-# Nixery
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-This package implements a Docker-compatible container registry that is capable
-of transparently building and serving container images using [Nix][].
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/nixery.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/nixery)
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+**Nixery** is a Docker-compatible container registry that is capable of
+transparently building and serving container images using [Nix][].
The project started out with the intention of becoming a Kubernetes controller
that can serve declarative image specifications specified in CRDs as container