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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Copyright (C) 2011, Ketan Padegaonkar <KetanPadegaonkar@gmail.com>
+   and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
+
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+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+		<artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ant</artifactId>
+	<name>JGit - Ant Tasks</name>
+
+	<description>
+    Ant based user interface for Git
+    </description>
+
+	<properties>
+		<translate-qualifier />
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+			<version>1.7.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<sourceDirectory>src/</sourceDirectory>
+
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>.</directory>
+				<includes>
+					<include>plugin.properties</include>
+				</includes>
+			</resource>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>resources/</directory>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<archive>
+						<manifestFile>${bundle-manifest}</manifestFile>
+					</archive>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.5</source>
+					<target>1.5</target>
+					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>