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+# Maven style API version (e.g. '2.x-SNAPSHOT').
+#
+# Used by :install and :deploy when talking to the destination repository. As
+# we currently have no stable releases, we use the "build number" scheme
+# described at:
+# http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/version-rules.html
+GITILES_VERSION = '0.1-11'