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+:: Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+:: All rights reserved.
+::
+:: This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+:: LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+:: of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+@echo off
+title React Packager
+node "%~dp0..\local-cli\cli.js" start
+pause
+exit