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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<component id="org.eclipse.compare.win32" version="2">
+    <resource path="META-INF/MANIFEST.MF">
+        <filter comment="Bug 516457: Many of plug-ins need a version increase" id="926941240">
+            <message_arguments>
+                <message_argument value="1.2.0"/>
+                <message_argument value="1.1.0"/>
+            </message_arguments>
+        </filter>
+    </resource>
+</component>