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	Configuring a callsign can make interacting with a commonly-used repository			Configuring a callsign can make interacting with a commonly-used repository
	easier, but you may not want to bother assigning one to every repository if you			easier, but you may not want to bother assigning one to every repository if you
	have some similar, templated, or rarely-used repositories.			have some similar, templated, or rarely-used repositories.

	If you choose to assign a callsign to a repository, it must be unique within an			If you choose to assign a callsign to a repository, it must be unique within an
	install but do not need to be globally unique, so you are free to use the			install but do not need to be globally unique, so you are free to use the
	single-letter callsigns for brevity. For example, Facebook uses "E" for the			single-letter callsigns for brevity. For example, Facebook uses "E" for the
	Engineering repository, "O" for the Ops repository, "Y" for a Yum package			Engineering repository, "O" for the Ops repository, "Y" for a Yum package
	repository, and so on, while Phabricator uses "P", "ARC", "PHU" for libphutil,			repository, and so on, while Phabricator uses "P" and Arcanist uses "ARC".
	and "J" for Javelin. Keeping callsigns brief will make them easier to use, and			Keeping callsigns brief will make them easier to use, and the use of
	the use of one-character callsigns is encouraged if they are reasonably			one-character callsigns is encouraged if they are reasonably evocative.
	evocative.

	If you configure a callsign like `XYZ`, Phabricator will activate callsign URIs			If you configure a callsign like `XYZ`, Phabricator will activate callsign URIs
	and activate the callsign identifier (like `rXYZ`) for the repository. These			and activate the callsign identifier (like `rXYZ`) for the repository. These
	more human-readable identifiers can make things a little easier to interact			more human-readable identifiers can make things a little easier to interact
	with.			with.


	Basics: Short Name			Basics: Short Name
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