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+# docker image to optimize images with [optimizt](https://github.com/343dev/optimizt) automatically
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+in combination from [optimizt](https://github.com/343dev/optimizt) and [chokidar](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar)
+
+## usage
+
+point a path to '/src/input' as input folder
+point a path to '/src/output' as outgoing folder
+
+Files that “optimizt” can process are processed and stored in the output folder.
+Files that cannot be optimized are moved directly to the output folder.
+
+## special thanks
+* [343dev](https://github.com/343dev)