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-###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 2016 TypeFox GmbH (http://www.typefox.io) and others.
-# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
-# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
-# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
-# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
-#
-###############################################################################
-
-pluginName = Xtext IDE Tests 
-providerName = Eclipse Xtext
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