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+# Helper Libraries
+
+This folder contains helper libraries for Terraform plugins. A running
+joke is that this is "Terraform standard library" for plugins. The goal
+of the packages in this directory are to provide high-level helpers to
+make it easier to implement the various aspects of writing a plugin for
+Terraform.