diff --git a/tmp-identity/LICENSE b/tmp-identity/LICENSE
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+
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diff --git a/tmp-identity/README.md b/tmp-identity/README.md
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+Usage examples:
+* http://stackoverflow.com/a/16377818/1959975
+* http://ideone.com/uNCPt5
+
+See wiki for documentation.
diff --git a/tmp-identity/identity.hpp b/tmp-identity/identity.hpp
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+#ifndef TemplateMetaprogramming_Identity_HeaderPlusPlus
+#define TemplateMetaprogramming_Identity_HeaderPlusPlus
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+template<typename T>
+using identity = std::common_type<T>;
+
+#endif