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+ecCodes
+=======
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+[![Windows: master](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/ecmwf/eccodes/master.svg?label=windows-master)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ecmwf/eccodes/branch/master)
+[![Windows: develop](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/ecmwf/eccodes/develop.svg?label=windows-dev)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ecmwf/eccodes/branch/develop)
+
 ecCodes is a package developed by ECMWF which provides an application programming interface
 and a set of tools for decoding and encoding messages in the following formats: