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= Introduction

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== What is Spring Data Envers?

Spring Data Envers makes typical Envers queries available in repositories for Spring Data JPA.
It differs from other Spring Data modules in that it is always used in combination with another Spring Data Module: Spring Data JPA.

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== What is Envers?

Envers is a https://hibernate.org/orm/envers/[Hibernate module] that adds auditing capabilities to JPA entities.
This documentation assumes you are familiar with Envers, just as Spring Data Envers relies on Envers being properly configured.
