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 # GEOSldas_GridComp
 
-The `GEOSldas_GridComp` repository contains the source code for the GEOS land modeling and data assimilation system (`GEOSldas`). 
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+The `GEOSldas_GridComp` repository contains the source code for the GEOS land modeling and data assimilation system (`GEOSldas`).
 
 
 ## History
 
-The repository was created in March 2024 by extracting the GEOSldas source code from the [`GEOSldas` fixture](https://github.com/GEOS-ESM/GEOSldas). 
+The repository was created in March 2024 by extracting the GEOSldas source code from the [`GEOSldas` fixture](https://github.com/GEOS-ESM/GEOSldas).
 
-The new repository was needed to facilitate the use of the `GEOSldas_GridComp` as an external repository in both the [`GEOSldas` fixture](https://github.com/GEOS-ESM/GEOSldas) and the [GEOS atmospheric data assimilation (`GEOSadas`) fixture](https://github.com/GEOS-ESM/GEOSadas). 
+The new repository was needed to facilitate the use of the `GEOSldas_GridComp` as an external repository in both the [`GEOSldas` fixture](https://github.com/GEOS-ESM/GEOSldas) and the [GEOS atmospheric data assimilation (`GEOSadas`) fixture](https://github.com/GEOS-ESM/GEOSadas).
 
 
 ## Contributing