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-#release configuration
-#Fri Nov 15 15:08:25 CAT 2019
-project.scm.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports.tag=HEAD
-scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
-project.scm.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports-omod.empty=true
-project.dev.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports=1.7.1-SNAPSHOT
-project.rel.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports-api=1.7.0
-pushChanges=true
-project.scm.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports.connection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/esaude/openmrs-module-eptsreports
-project.scm.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports.url=https\://github.com/esaude/openmrs-module-eptsreports/
-scm.tag=1.7.0
-remoteTagging=true
-exec.additionalArguments=-Prelease
-scm.url=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/esaude/openmrs-module-eptsreports
-scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.version}
-project.rel.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports=1.7.0
-preparationGoals=clean
-project.rel.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports-omod=1.7.0
-project.scm.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports-api.empty=true
-exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
-project.dev.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports-api=1.7.1-SNAPSHOT
-project.scm.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports.developerConnection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/esaude/openmrs-module-eptsreports
-completedPhase=end-release
-project.dev.org.openmrs.module\:eptsreports-omod=1.7.1-SNAPSHOT