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+The Atomic tool has been deprecated.
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+The [Podman](https://podman.io) has replaced it with
+most of its functionality implemented. Please open issues and questions
+with the [Podman repository](https://github.com/containers/podman).
+
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 # Atomic: /usr/bin/atomic
 
 This project defines the entrypoint for Project Atomic hosts.  On an