diff --git a/sigil/eclipse/ui/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/ui/eclipse/refactor/RefactorUtil.java b/sigil/eclipse/ui/src/org/apache/felix/sigil/ui/eclipse/refactor/RefactorUtil.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.felix.sigil.ui.eclipse.refactor;
+
+import org.apache.felix.sigil.eclipse.SigilCore;
+import org.apache.felix.sigil.eclipse.model.project.ISigilProjectModel;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.mapping.IResourceChangeDescriptionFactory;
+import org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.CheckConditionsContext;
+import org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.ResourceChangeChecker;
+
+/**
+ * @author dave
+ *
+ */
+class RefactorUtil
+{
+    static final void touch(CheckConditionsContext context, ISigilProjectModel sigil)
+    {
+        ResourceChangeChecker checker = (ResourceChangeChecker) context.getChecker(ResourceChangeChecker.class);
+        IResourceChangeDescriptionFactory deltaFactory= checker.getDeltaFactory();        
+        IFile file = sigil.getProject().getFile(SigilCore.SIGIL_PROJECT_FILE);
+        deltaFactory.change(file);
+    }
+}