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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
+		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>pregelix-dist</artifactId>
+	<name>pregelix-dist</name>
+	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-scripts</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../pregelix-core/target/appassembler</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>comile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>