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-ASP.NET Core MVC Precompilation
+ ASP.NET Core MVC Precompilation (obsolete)
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+## Obsolete
+We are planning to release a new feature from the aspnet/Razor repo, which would cover the scenarios provided by the tools in this repo. As a result, this repo is now obsolete. If you'd like to learn more about the new feature we will be replacing this with, please look here [![here](https://github.com/aspnet/Razor/issues/1740)].
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 AppVeyor: [![AppVeyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/jx955ph2045dw1w0/branch/dev?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/aspnetci/mvcprecompilation/branch/dev)
 Travis:   [![Travis](https://travis-ci.org/aspnet/MvcPrecompilation.svg?branch=dev)](https://travis-ci.org/aspnet/mvcprecompilation)