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+var bom_as_whitespace = {'tag': 'Tag name w/o BOM', '\uFEFFtag': 'Tag name with BOM'};
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diff --git a/spec/_files/bom_as_whitespace.mustache b/spec/_files/bom_as_whitespace.mustache
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+{{tag}}
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diff --git a/spec/_files/bom_as_whitespace.txt b/spec/_files/bom_as_whitespace.txt
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+Tag name w/o BOM
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