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+<div class="alert {{ with .Get "theme" }}alert-{{.}}{{ end }}" role="alert" data-dir="{{ with .Get "dir" }}{{.}}{{ else }}ltr{{ end }}">{{ .Inner | markdownify }}</div>
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