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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-component</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <name>Maven MBoot</name>
+  <groupId>maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-mboot</artifactId>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>Tool used to bootstrap m2.</description>
+  <shortDescription>Tool used to bootstrap m2.</shortDescription>
+</project>