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-### Issue description
-
-Please read https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
-before opening an issue.
-
-If you have upgraded, make sure your issue is not covered in the CHANGES file
-for your version: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmux/tmux/master/CHANGES
-
-Describe the problem and the steps to reproduce. Add a minimal tmux config if
-necessary. Screenshots can be helpful, but no more than one or two.
-
-Do not report bugs (crashes, incorrect behaviour) without reproducing on a tmux
-built from the latest code in Git.
-
-### Required information
-
-Please provide the following information:
-
-* tmux version (`tmux -V`).
-* Platform (`uname -sp`).
-* $TERM inside and outside of tmux (`echo $TERM`).
-* Logs from tmux (`tmux kill-server; tmux -vv new`).