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+# libgnome-volume-control
+
+libgnome-volume-control is a copy library that's supposed to be used as
+a git sub-module. If your project uses some of libgnome-volume-control's
+strings in a user-facing manner, don't forget to add those files to your
+POTFILES.in for translation.
+
+## Projects using libgnome-volume-control
+
+- [gnome-shell](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell)
+- [gnome-settings-daemon](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon)
+- [gnome-control-center](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center)