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 ## Supported Git versions
 
 Git Credential Manager tries to be compatible with the broadest set of Git
-versions (within reason). However there are some know problematic releases of
+versions (within reason). However there are some known problematic releases of
 Git that are not compatible.
 
 - Git 1.x