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+target/classes/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
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+.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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+.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
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+.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
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+target/classes/de/kabambo/maven/optipng/OptimizePngMojo$1.class
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+target/classes/de/kabambo/maven/optipng/OptimizePngMojo$OptimizeTask.class
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+target/classes/de/kabambo/maven/optipng/OptimizePngMojo$PngFilenameFilter.class
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+target/classes/de/kabambo/maven/optipng/OptimizePngMojo.class
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+target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
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+target/maven-optipng-plugin-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
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+.classpath
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+.project