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 [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/goutil.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/goutil)
 
-Extension of the standard library.
+Goutil provides extensions of the Go standard library. This repository mimics
+its package/directory structure, prefixing all package names with 'u' to
+differentiate them from their standard library counterparts.