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+fixes #ISSUE_ID
+
+:tada: Hi and welcome! Please read the text below and remove it - Thank you! :smile: :tada:
+
+
+--------------------------
+### Things to check before submitting a PR
+
+- [ ] the tests are passing locally with `cargo test`
+- [ ] cookbook renders correctly in `mdbook serve -o`
+- [ ] commits are squashed into one and rebased to latest master
+- [ ] PR contains correct "fixes #ISSUE_ID" clause to autoclose the issue once PR is merged
+- [ ] non rendered items are in sorted order (links, reference, identifiers, Cargo.toml)
+- [ ] links to docs.rs have wildcard version 
+- [ ] code identifiers in description are in hyperlinked backticks 
+```markdown
+[`Entry::unpack`]: https://docs.rs/tar/*/tar/struct.Entry.html#method.unpack
+```
+
+### Things to do after submitting PR
+- [ ] check if CI is happy with your PR
+- [ ] drop a comment on https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-cookbook/issues/209 if you consent to repository being relicensed with [CC0 license](https://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/) :+1: