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 sbt: the rebel cut
 ==================
 
-An alternative script for running [[sbt 0.10|https://github.com/harrah/xsbt]].
+An alternative script for running [sbt 0.10](https://github.com/harrah/xsbt).
 There's also a template project sbt coming together, but it's unfinished.
 However the runner is quite useful already.
 
-
     ./sbt -help
 
-Usage: sbt [options]
+    Usage: sbt [options]
 
-  -help           prints this message
-  -nocolor        disable ANSI color codes
-  -debug          set sbt log level to debug
-  -sbtdir <path>  location of global settings and plugins (default: ~/.sbt)
-     -ivy <path>  local Ivy repository (default: ~/.ivy2)
-  -shared <path>  shared sbt boot directory (default: none, no sharing)
+      -help           prints this message
+      -nocolor        disable ANSI color codes
+      -debug          set sbt log level to debug
+      -sbtdir <path>  location of global settings and plugins (default: ~/.sbt)
+         -ivy <path>  local Ivy repository (default: ~/.ivy2)
+      -shared <path>  shared sbt boot directory (default: none, no sharing)
 
-  # setting scala version
-  -28           set scala version to 2.8.1
-  -29           set scala version to 2.9.0-1
-  -210          set scala version to 2.10.0-SNAPSHOT
-  -local <path> set scala version to local installation at path
+      # setting scala version
+      -28           set scala version to 2.8.1
+      -29           set scala version to 2.9.0-1
+      -210          set scala version to 2.10.0-SNAPSHOT
+      -local <path> set scala version to local installation at path
 
-  # passing options to jvm
-  JAVA_OPTS     environment variable  # default: "-Dfile.encoding=UTF8"
-  SBT_OPTS      environment variable  # default: "-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Xmx2g -Xss2m"
-  -Dkey=val     pass -Dkey=val directly to the jvm
-  -J-X          pass option -X directly to the jvm (-J is stripped)
+      # passing options to jvm
+      JAVA_OPTS     environment variable  # default: "-Dfile.encoding=UTF8"
+      SBT_OPTS      environment variable  # default: "-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Xmx2g -Xss2m"
+      -Dkey=val     pass -Dkey=val directly to the jvm
+      -J-X          pass option -X directly to the jvm (-J is stripped)
 
-The defaults given for JAVA_OPTS and SBT_OPTS are only used if the
-corresponding variable is unset. In the case of a duplicated option,
-SBT_OPTS takes precedence over JAVA_OPTS, and command line options
-take precedence over both.
+    The defaults given for JAVA_OPTS and SBT_OPTS are only used if the
+    corresponding variable is unset. In the case of a duplicated option,
+    SBT_OPTS takes precedence over JAVA_OPTS, and command line options
+    take precedence over both.