Reference: https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/inline-svg-with-html-outer-adding-custom-class/37451
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git clone https://gitlab.com/hugo-mwe/hugo-mwe
cd hugo-mwe
git checkout svg-add-attrs
./srv.sh