diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/.project b/archetypes/simple-cli/.project
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--- a/archetypes/simple-cli/.project
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diff --git a/spring-batch-core/.project b/spring-batch-core/.project
index 08648085b..75897d876 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/.project
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diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/.project b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/.project
index 41dc966f3..2fa81cb7d 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/.project
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure-tests/.project
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diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/.project b/spring-batch-infrastructure/.project
index 5f34e05f7..1113be08e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/.project
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/.project
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diff --git a/spring-batch-integration/.project b/spring-batch-integration/.project
index 336a79760..695b024dd 100644
--- a/spring-batch-integration/.project
+++ b/spring-batch-integration/.project
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index 54c682cd2..932ee3f61 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/.project
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index 0b1b1cd2e..1e4edda30 100755
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