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 # Using EESSI + `direnv` to ship a workflow execution environment
 
-This repository shows a trivial example of how one can use [the `direnv` tool](https://direnv.net/) together with [EESSI](https://eessi.github.io/docs/)
+This repository gives a trivial example of how one can use [the `direnv` tool](https://direnv.net/) together with [EESSI](https://eessi.github.io/docs/)
 to ship the complete execution environment for a [Nextflow](https://www.nextflow.io/) pipeline (including Nextflow itself) with your repository.
 
 Once EESSI and `direnv` are in place and configured, running the code is a matter of entering the repository directory and running the workflow: