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+<assembly>
+	<id>binary-assembly</id>
+	<formats>
+		<format>zip</format>
+		<format>dir</format>
+	</formats>
+	<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+	<fileSets>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>src/main/resources/conf</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
+			<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+			<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+                        <directory>../pregelix-core/target/appassembler/lib</directory>
+                        <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+                         <includes>
+                                <include>*.jar</include>
+                        </includes>
+                        <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+                </fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+                        <directory>../pregelix-example/target</directory>
+                        <outputDirectory>examples</outputDirectory>
+                         <includes>
+        			<include>*with-dependencies.jar</include>
+      			</includes>
+			<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+                </fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+                        <directory>../pregelix-example/data</directory>
+                        <outputDirectory>data</outputDirectory>
+                        <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+                </fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+</assembly>