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+version: 2.1
+jobs:
+  noop:
+    docker:
+      - image: bash
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "CircleCI is disabled on gh-pages branch"
+
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  gh-pages:
+    jobs:
+      - noop:
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              ignore:
+                - gh-pages