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          maven configuration required for svn to work with maven! -->

        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>

        <configuration>

          <connectionType>developerConnection</connectionType>

        </configuration>

      <extension>

        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>

        <artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>

      </extension>

      <extension>

        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>