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+client: Refactor out the connection connect code into a its own file, this lets
+it be reused by other things that might want to connect like monado-ctl and
+libmonado.
diff --git a/doc/changes/misc_features/mr.1875.md b/doc/changes/misc_features/mr.1875.md
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+t/ctl: Use common client connection connect code.