// these are fragments of my maven pom that extract the sha1 hash from my git repo and write it to manifest file in the created war.

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			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.1.1</version>
				<configuration>
					<archive>
						<manifestEntries>
							<version>${project.version}</version>
							<sha1>${mavanagaiata.commit.sha}</sha1>
							<buildTimestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</buildTimestamp>
						</manifestEntries>
					</archive>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>

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               <plugin>
                <groupId>com.github.koraktor</groupId>
                <artifactId>mavanagaiata</artifactId>
                <version>0.3.2</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>load-git-branch</id>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>commit</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
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