diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/settings/ivysettings.properties b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/settings/ivysettings.properties
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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.
+#	 ***************************************************************
+repository.dir=${ivy.settings.dir}/repository
+sigil-ivy-plugin.jar=${ivy.settings.dir}/../../../lib/sigil-ivy-plugin.jar
+ivy.jar=/opt/apache-ivy-2.0.0-rc2/ivy-2.0.0-rc2.jar
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/settings/ivysettings.xml b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/settings/ivysettings.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0">
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+<ivysettings>
+    <properties file="${ivy.settings.dir}/ivysettings.properties"/>
+    <settings defaultResolver="projects"/>
+    <caches defaultCacheDir="${ivy.settings.dir}/ivy-cache" />
+
+    <classpath file="${sigil-ivy-plugin.jar}" />
+    <typedef name="sigil-parser" classname="org.cauldron.bld.ivy.SigilParser" />
+    <typedef name="sigil-resolver" classname="org.cauldron.bld.ivy.SigilResolver" />
+
+    <parsers>
+	<sigil-parser/>
+    </parsers>
+
+    <resolvers>
+	<sigil-resolver name="sigil" config="${ivy.settings.dir}/sigil-repos.properties" />
+        <filesystem name="projects">
+            <artifact pattern="${repository.dir}/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
+            <ivy pattern="${repository.dir}/[module]-[revision].xml" />
+        </filesystem>
+        <!--
+        <ibiblio name="libraries" m2compatible="true" usepoms="false" />
+        -->
+    </resolvers>
+    <modules>
+        <module organisation="sigil" name="*" resolver="sigil"/>
+    </modules>
+</ivysettings>
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/settings/sigil-repos.properties b/sigil/bld-ivy/example/dependence/settings/sigil-repos.properties
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+# repository config
+
+-repositories:	system, project, spring
+
+system;provider:	system
+system;level:		-1
+
+project;provider:	project
+project;level:	0
+project;pattern:	../*/[sigilproject]
+
+spring;provider:	obr
+spring;level:		2
+spring;url:		http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr
+spring;index:		../settings/spring-external.obr
+
+# end