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+## gguf
+
+This is a Python package for writing binary files in the [GGUF](https://github.com/ggerganov/ggml/pull/302)
+(GGML Universal File) format.
+
+See [convert-llama-hf-to-gguf.py](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/blob/master/convert-llama-hf-to-gguf.py)
+as an example for its usage.
+
+## Installation
+```sh
+pip install gguf
+```
+
+## Development
+Maintainers who participate in development of this package are advised to install it in editable mode:
+
+```sh
+cd /path/to/llama.cpp/gguf-py
+
+pip install --editable .
+```
+
+**Note**: This may require to upgrade your Pip installation, with a message saying that editable installation currently requires `setup.py`.
+In this case, upgrade Pip to the latest:
+
+```sh
+pip install --upgrade pip
+```
+
+## Publishing
+To publish the package, you need to have `twine` and `build` installed:
+
+```sh
+pip install build twine
+```
+
+Then, folow these steps to release a new version:
+
+1. Update the version in `pyproject.toml`.
+2. Build the package:
+
+```sh
+python -m build
+```
+
+3. Upload the generated distribution archives:
+
+```sh
+python -m twine upload dist/*
+```
+
+## TODO
+- [ ] Add tests
+- [ ] Include conversion scripts as command line entry points in this package.
+- Add CI workflow for releasing the package.