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+# repository config
+
+-repositories:	system, project, newton, spring
+
+system;provider:	system
+system;level:		-1
+#system;framework:	osgi.core.jar
+#system;profile:	J2SE-1.5
+
+project;provider:	project
+project;level:	0
+project;pattern:	../projects/**/[sigilproject]
+
+newton;provider:	filesystem
+newton;level:		1
+newton;recurse:		true
+#newton;dir:		/opt/newton-1.2.5/lib
+newton;dir:		/Users/derek/devl/Newton/src/target/newton-dist.dir/lib
+
+spring;provider:	obr
+spring;level:		2
+spring;url:		http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr
+spring;index:		../settings/spring-external.obr
+
+# end