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+**Added:**
+
+* ``xonsh.lib.rmtree`` an rmtree which works on windows properly (even with
+  git)
+
+**Changed:** None
+
+**Deprecated:** None
+
+**Removed:** None
+
+**Fixed:** None
+
+**Security:** None