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# Acme CLI

> A fast, friendly command-line tool for managing Acme deployments.

[![Build](https://img.shields.io/badge/build-passing-brightgreen)](#)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue)](#)

## Features

- 🚀 One-command deploys
- 🔒 Encrypted secrets at rest
- 📦 Works with any CI

## Installation

```bash
npm install -g acme-cli
acme login
```

## Usage

```bash
acme deploy --env production
```

| Flag        | Description                  | Default |
| ----------- | ---------------------------- | ------- |
| `--env`     | Target environment           | `dev`   |
| `--dry-run` | Print actions without saving | `false` |

## Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first.

## License

[MIT](LICENSE)

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GFM tables & task lists

GitHub-Flavored tables and checkboxes render exactly as they do on GitHub.

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Keep your README's formatting intact

A README is full of structure — headings, tables, code, lists and links. This converter renders full GitHub-Flavored Markdown, so the PDF looks like the rendered page on GitHub rather than raw text.

Badges that are Markdown images render as images; code blocks keep their syntax highlighting; and an optional table of contents makes long READMEs easy to navigate on paper.

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Frequently asked questions

Do tables and code blocks survive the conversion?

Yes. GitHub-Flavored tables, task lists and syntax-highlighted code all render in the PDF exactly as previewed.

Will Markdown image badges show up?

Yes — image badges referenced by URL are fetched and rendered in the preview and PDF.

Can I add a table of contents?

Yes. Toggle the TOC option and a linked contents list is generated from your headings.

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