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 # StochasticTree R package
 
+**NOTE**: we are in the process of refactoring this project so that the R, Python, and C++ source code sits in the [same repo](https://github.com/StochasticTree/stochtree-cpp/).
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 ## Getting started
 
 The package can be installed in R via