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+-- Shared utilities for kickstart plugin files
+local M = {}
+
+--- GitHub URL shorthand: gh('user/repo') -> 'https://github.com/user/repo'
+---@param repo string
+---@return string
+function M.gh(repo)
+  return 'https://github.com/' .. repo
+end
+
+return M