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     	Print version and exit
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-The 'auth backend' refers to the GitLab Rails applicatoin. The name is
+The 'auth backend' refers to the GitLab Rails application. The name is
 a holdover from when gitlab-workhorse only handled Git push/pull over
 HTTP.