diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/build.xml b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/build.xml
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+++ b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/build.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.
+-->
+<project name="dependee" default="run" xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
+    <!-- some variables used -->
+    <property name="lib.dir" value="${basedir}/lib" />
+    <property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/build" />
+    <property name="classes.dir" value="${build.dir}/classes" />
+    <property name="src.dir" value="${basedir}/src" />
+
+    <!-- ivy properties used -->
+    <property name="ivy.settings.dir" value="../settings" />
+    <property file="${ivy.settings.dir}/ivysettings.properties" />
+
+    <!-- paths used for compilation and run -->
+    <path id="lib.path.id">
+	<fileset dir="${lib.dir}" />
+    </path>
+    <path id="run.path.id">
+	<path refid="lib.path.id" />
+	<path location="${classes.dir}" />
+    </path>
+    
+    <property name="ivy.jar.file"
+	     value="/opt/apache-ivy-2.0.0/ivy-2.0.0.jar"/>
+
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: init
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="init">
+      <taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml"
+		    uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant"
+		    classpath="${ivy.jar.file}"/>
+      <ivy:settings file="${ivy.settings.dir}/ivysettings.xml" />
+
+	<taskdef name="sigil.bundle"
+	  classname="org.cauldron.bld.ant.BundleTask"
+	  classpath="${basedir}/../../../target/sigil-ivy-plugin.jar"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: resolve              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="resolve" depends="init"
+    	description="--> resolve and retrieve dependencies with ivy">
+        <ivy:retrieve />
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: report              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="report" depends="resolve" description="--> generates a report of dependencies">
+        <ivy:report todir="${build.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+	
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: compile              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="compile" depends="resolve" description="--> description">
+        <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
+        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" classpathref="lib.path.id" />
+    </target>
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: run
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="run" depends="compile" description="--> compile and run the project">
+        <java classpathref="run.path.id" classname="standalone.Main"/>
+    </target>
+    
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: jar              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="jar" depends="compile" description="--> make a jar file for this project">
+        <propertyfile file="${classes.dir}/version.properties">
+	        <entry  key="version" type="int" operation="+" default="0" />
+		</propertyfile>
+        <property file="${classes.dir}/version.properties" />
+
+	<!--
+        <jar destfile="${build.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar">
+            <fileset dir="${classes.dir}" />
+        </jar>
+	-->
+
+        <sigil.bundle destpattern="${build.dir}/[id].[ext]"
+		classpathref="run.path.id" />
+
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: publish              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="publish" depends="jar" description="--> publish this project in the ivy repository">
+        <property name="revision" value="${version}"/>
+        <delete file="${build.dir}/ivy.xml"/>
+		<ivy:publish artifactspattern="${build.dir}/[artifact].[ext]" 
+			resolver="projects"
+			pubrevision="${revision}" 
+			status="release"
+		/>
+        <echo message="project ${ant.project.name} released with version ${revision}" />
+    </target>
+
+
+    <!-- ================================= 
+          target: clean              
+         ================================= -->
+    <target name="clean" description="--> clean the project">
+        <delete includeemptydirs="true">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}">
+            	<exclude name="src/**" />
+            	<exclude name="build.xml" />
+		    	<exclude name="ivy.xml" />
+		    	<exclude name="sigil.properties" />
+        	</fileset>
+    	</delete>
+    </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/ivy.xml b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/ivy.xml
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+++ b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/ivy.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.
+-->
+<ivy-module version="1.0">
+    <info organisation="org.apache" module="dependee"/>
+    <dependencies>
+	<!--
+        <dependency org="sigil" name="com.springsource.org.apache.log4j" rev="[1.2,1.3)"/>
+	-->
+    </dependencies>
+</ivy-module>
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/sigil.properties b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/sigil.properties
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+++ b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/sigil.properties
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+# dependee sigil.properties
+# all initial comments are retained.
+
+version: 1.2.3.beta1
+
+-bundles: dependee
+
+-exports: standalone
+
+-imports: \
+  org.apache.commons.lang;version="[2.0.0,2.4.0)";resolve=compile;resolution=optional, \
+  org.apache.commons.logging, \
+  javax.servlet;version="(2.4,3.0]", \
+  org.apache.log4j;version="[1.2.14,1.3)", \
+  javax.swing, \
+
+-resources: \
+  version.properties
+
+header;Hello: World
+
+X-requires: \
+  com.springsource.org.apache.commons.lang;version="[2.0.0,2.4.0)", \
+
+# end
diff --git a/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/src/standalone/Main.java b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/src/standalone/Main.java
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index 0000000..12ffa27
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+++ b/sigil/bld-ivy/test/dependence/dependee/src/standalone/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * 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 standalone;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.WordUtils;
+
+/**
+ * TODO write javadoc
+ */
+public class Main {
+    /**
+     * Returns the version of the project
+     * @return a string representation of the version, null if the version could not be retreived
+     */
+    public static String getVersion() {
+        Properties p = new Properties();
+        try {
+            p.load(Main.class.getResourceAsStream("/version.properties"));
+            String version = p.getProperty("version");
+            if (version != null) {
+                return String.valueOf(Integer.parseInt(version));
+            } 
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the same string with all words capitalized.
+     * @param str the string conatining the words to capitalize
+     * @return null if the string was null, the string with all words capitalized otherwise
+     */
+    public static String capitalizeWords(String str) {
+        System.out.println("    [" + Main.class.getName() + "] capitalizing string \"" + str + "\" using " + WordUtils.class.getName());
+        return WordUtils.capitalizeFully(str);
+    }
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String message="sentence to capitalize";
+        System.out.println("standard message : " + message);
+        System.out.println("capitalized message : " + capitalizeWords(message));
+    }
+}