diff --git a/build/ivy/build.xml b/build/ivy/build.xml
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+<project name="spring-data-graph-example" default="test" xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" basedir=".">
+	<property name="settings.dir" location="settings" />
+	<property name="lib.dir" location="lib" />
+
+	<import file="${settings.dir}/path.xml" />
+
+	<import file="${settings.dir}/install-ivy.xml" />
+	<import file="${settings.dir}/path.xml" />
+
+	<taskdef resource="org/aspectj/tools/ant/taskdefs/aspectjTaskdefs.properties" classpath="${lib.dir}/aspectjtools.jar"/>
+
+	<target name="lib.retrieve" depends="install-ivy">
+		<mkdir dir="${lib.dir}" />
+		<ivy:settings file="${settings.dir}/ivysettings.xml" />
+		<ivy:resolve file="${settings.dir}/ivy.xml" />
+		<ivy:retrieve type="jar" pattern="${lib.dir}/[artifact].[ext]" changing="true"/>
+		<ivy:retrieve type="bundle" pattern="${lib.dir}/[artifact].[ext]" changing="true"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="lib.clean">
+		<delete dir="${lib.dir}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean" description="Removes the build directory, but not any cached ivy dependencies">
+		<delete dir="target" />
+		<delete dir="build" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="compile" description="Compile production classes" depends="lib.retrieve">
+		<mkdir dir="${main.target}" />
+
+		<iajc sourceroots="${main.src}" destDir="${main.target}" classpathref="path.libs" source="1.6">
+			<aspectpath>
+				<pathelement location="${lib.dir}/spring-aspects.jar"/>
+			</aspectpath>
+			<aspectpath>
+				<pathelement location="${lib.dir}/spring-data-neo4j.jar"/>
+			</aspectpath>
+		</iajc>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="compile-tests" description="Compile unit test classes" depends="compile">
+		<mkdir dir="${test.target}" />
+        <copy todir="${main.target}"  failonerror="false">
+            <fileset dir="${main.resources}"/>
+        </copy>
+        <iajc sourceroots="${test.src}" destDir="${test.target}" classpathref="path.testing" source="1.6">
+            <aspectpath>
+                <pathelement location="${lib.dir}/spring-aspects.jar"/>
+            </aspectpath>
+            <aspectpath>
+                <pathelement location="${lib.dir}/spring-data-neo4j.jar"/>
+            </aspectpath>
+        </iajc>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="test" depends="clean, compile, compile-tests">
+		<mkdir dir="${test.reports}"/>
+        <copy todir="${test.target}" failonerror="false">
+            <fileset dir="${test.resources}" includes="**/*"/>
+        </copy>
+
+        <fileset id="unittest.source.files" dir="${test.src}">
+			<include name="**/*Test.java" />
+		</fileset>
+
+        <junit printsummary="yes" showoutput="true" dir="." outputtoformatters="false">
+            <classpath refid="path.testing"/>
+            <formatter type="plain" />
+             <batchtest fork="no" todir="${test.reports}">
+                 <fileset refid="unittest.source.files"/>
+             </batchtest>
+         </junit>
+	</target>
+</project>
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diff --git a/build/ivy/settings/install-ivy.xml b/build/ivy/settings/install-ivy.xml
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+++ b/build/ivy/settings/install-ivy.xml
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+<project xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" basedir="..">
+        
+    <property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.2.0" />
+    <property name="ivy.jar.dir" location="${basedir}/.ivy" />
+    <property name="ivy.jar.file" location="${ivy.jar.dir}/ivy.jar" />
+    <property name="ivy.cache.dir" location="${basedir}/.ivy/cache" />
+    
+    <target name="download-ivy" unless="skip.download">
+    	<mkdir dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
+    	<get src="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar"
+    		 dest="${ivy.jar.file}" usetimestamp="true"/>
+    </target>
+    
+    <target name="install-ivy" depends="download-ivy"> 
+    	<path id="ivy.lib.path">
+    	    <fileset dir="${ivy.jar.dir}" includes="*.jar"/>
+    	</path>
+    	<taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml" uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" classpathref="ivy.lib.path"/>
+    </target>    
+	
+    <target name="clean-ivy">
+        <delete dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+	
+    <target name="clean-ivy-cache" depends="install-ivy">
+        <ivy:cleancache />
+    </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/build/ivy/settings/ivy.xml b/build/ivy/settings/ivy.xml
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+++ b/build/ivy/settings/ivy.xml
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+<ivy-module version="2.0" xmlns:m="http://ant.apache.org/ivy/maven">
+	<info organisation="org.springframework.data.neo4j.examples" module="hello-worlds"/>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency org="org.springframework.data" name="spring-data-neo4j" rev="1.0.0.RELEASE">
+			<exclude module="jms"/>
+			<exclude module="jmxtools"/>
+			<exclude module="jmxri"/>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency org="org.aspectj" name="aspectjrt" rev="1.6.11.RELEASE"/>
+		<dependency org="org.aspectj" name="aspectjtools" rev="1.6.11.RELEASE"/>
+		<dependency org="org.neo4j" name="neo4j-community" rev="1.3"/>
+		<dependency org="junit" name="junit" rev="4.8.1"/>
+	</dependencies>
+</ivy-module>
diff --git a/build/ivy/settings/ivysettings.xml b/build/ivy/settings/ivysettings.xml
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+++ b/build/ivy/settings/ivysettings.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ivysettings>
+	<settings defaultResolver="chained"/>
+    <property name="local-maven2-pattern"
+     value="${user.home}/.m2/repository/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[module]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]"
+      override="false" />
+
+	<resolvers>
+	    <chain name="chained" returnFirst="false">
+            <filesystem name="local-maven2" m2compatible="true" >
+                <ivy pattern="${local-maven2-pattern}"/>
+                <artifact pattern="${local-maven2-pattern}"/>
+           </filesystem>
+	    	<ibiblio name="neo4j" root="http://m2.neo4j.org/" m2compatible="true"/>
+	    	<ibiblio name="maven_central" root="http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/" m2compatible="true"/>
+	        <ibiblio name="jboss" root="http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/" m2compatible="true"/>   
+	        <ibiblio name="springframework" root="http://maven.springframework.org/release" m2compatible="true"/>
+	    </chain>
+	</resolvers>
+	<caches>
+	    <cache name="default-cache" basedir="${ivy.cache.dir}" />
+	</caches>
+</ivysettings>
diff --git a/build/ivy/settings/path.xml b/build/ivy/settings/path.xml
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+++ b/build/ivy/settings/path.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+
+<project name="path" default="donothingToMakeAValidAntFile"
+	basedir=".">
+
+	<property name="main.src" location="src/main/java" />
+	<property name="main.resources" location="src/main/resources" />
+	<property name="main.target" location="target/main/classes" />
+
+    <property name="test.src" location="src/test/java" />
+	<property name="test.target" location="target/test/classes" />
+	<property name="test.reports" location="target/test/reports" />
+	<property name="test.resources" location="src/test/resources" />
+
+	<target name="donothingToMakeAValidAntFile" />
+
+	<path id="path.libs">
+		<fileset dir="lib" />
+	</path>
+
+	<path id="path.compile">
+		<path refid="path.libs" />
+		<dirset dir="${main.target}" />
+	</path>
+
+	<path id="path.testing">
+		<path refid="path.compile" />
+		<dirset dir="${test.target}"/>
+	</path>
+</project>