diff --git a/embed.txt b/embed.txt
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+++ b/embed.txt
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+This is a test of //go:embed
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+++ b/go.mod
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+module git.icomputeconsulting.com/bminer/go-embed-test
+
+go 1.18
diff --git a/test.go b/test.go
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+package embedtest
+
+import _ "embed" // need to import embed
+
+//go:embed embed.txt
+var embed string
+
+// Embed will return the contents of embed.txt
+func Embed() string {
+	return embed
+}