diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 GitHub, Inc. and contributors
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+THE SOFTWARE.
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-# checkout
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+# checkout
+
+This action checks out your repository so that your workflow operates from the root of the repository
+
+# Usage
+
+See [action.yml](action.yml)
+
+Basic:
+```yaml
+actions:
+- uses: actions/checkout@master
+- uses: actions/setup-node@master
+  with:
+    version: 10.x 
+- run: npm install
+- run: npm test
+```
+
+# License
+
+The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)