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+[
+  {
+    "exercise_name": "under-control",
+    "started_at": 1767200245.218712,
+    "completed_at": 1767200247.280879,
+    "comments": [
+      "You successfully used git init to initialize this folder as a Git repository!"
+    ],
+    "status": "Completed"
+  }
+]
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