Following this checklist to help us incorporate your
contribution quickly and easily:

 - [ ] Make sure there is a [JIRA issue](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG) filed
       for the change (usually before you start working on it).  Trivial changes like typos do not
       require a JIRA issue. Your pull request should address just this issue, without
       pulling in other changes.

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  considered to be in Apache Maven's scope.
+ Submit a ticket for your issue, assuming one does not already exist.
  + Clearly describe the issue, including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
  + Make sure you fill in the earliest version that you know has the issue.
+ Fork the repository on GitHub.

Making and Submitting Changes
--------------

the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's
build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

If you think you have found a bug, please file an issue in the [Maven Issue Tracker][jira].

Documentation
-------------

More information can be found on [Apache Maven Homepage][maven-home].
Questions related to the usage of Maven should be posted on

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  Release Notes:      https://maven.apache.org/docs/history.html
  Mailing Lists:      https://maven.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
  Source Code:        https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git
  Issue Tracking:     https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG
  Wiki:               https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/

 one CVS repository.. for projects from multiple SCM repositories it's harder
 to maintain the same relative links on all developer computers.
 not sure the unified source directory structure addresses this issue.

 Properties

 maven.user.config.dir (system,default=${user.home}/.m2)
 maven.home            (system,user,default=${user.home}/m2)
 maven.repo.local      (system,user,default=${maven.user.config.dir}/repository)

                            <report>license</report>
                            <report>project-team</report>
                            <report>scm</report>
                            <report>issue-tracking</report>
                            <report>mailing-list</report>
                            <report>dependency-management</report>
                            <report>dependencies</report>

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      Licensor for the purpose of discussing and improving the Work, but
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