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 # ccls
 
-ccls is a rewrite of cquery (originally written by Jacob Dufault),
-a C/C++/Objective-C language server.
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+ccls, which originates from [cquery](https://github.com/cquery-project/cquery), is a C/C++/Objective-C language server.
 
   * code completion (with both signature help and snippets)
   * [definition](src/messages/text_document_definition.cc)/[references](src/messages/text_document_references.cc), and other cross references