diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters b/org.eclipse.jgit/.settings/.api_filters
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<component id="org.eclipse.jgit" version="2">
+    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefDatabase.java" type="org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefDatabase">
+        <filter id="1141899266">
+            <message_arguments>
+                <message_argument value="5.6"/>
+                <message_argument value="5.7"/>
+                <message_argument value="hasFastTipsWithSha1()"/>
+            </message_arguments>
+        </filter>
+    </resource>
+</component>