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@@ -977,11 +977,7 @@ An extensive list of static Shields.io badges, sorted by category.
 
 ## Reference-Style Badges
 
-The table below is automatically created. It contains the above badges, in a reference-style format.
-
-<!-- ### BEGIN GENERATED CONTENT -->
-<!-- any content between the above and below lines will be overwritten by the github action script -->
-<!-- ### END GENERATED CONTENT -->
+See [docs/REFERENCE_STYLE.md](./docs/REFERENCE_STYLE.md) for the above badges in markdown reference-style format.
 
 ## CLI
 
diff --git a/docs/REFERENCE_STYLE.md b/docs/REFERENCE_STYLE.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Reference-Style Badges
+
+The table below is automatically created. It contains the badges [from README.md][readme], in a reference-style format.
+
+<!-- ### BEGIN GENERATED CONTENT -->
+<!-- any content between the above and below lines will be overwritten by the github action script -->
+<!-- ### END GENERATED CONTENT -->
+
+[readme]: ../README.md