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+  * Add the defaultEncoding option for requests without `Accept-Encoding` header
   * deps: accepts@~1.3.8
     - Fix sorting encoding with extra parameters
     - deps: mime-types@~2.1.34

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@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ The default value is `zlib.Z_DEFAULT_WINDOWBITS`, or `15`.
 See [Node.js documentation](http://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_memory_usage_tuning)
 regarding the usage.
 
+##### defaultEncoding
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+This is the default encoding to use when the client does not specify an encoding in the request's [Accept-Encoding](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Encoding) header.
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+The default value is `identity`.
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 #### .filter
 
 The default `filter` function. This is used to construct a custom filter