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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.jbake</groupId>
+  <artifactId>jbake-example-project-freemarker</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jbake</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jbake-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.7.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <inputDirectory>${project.basedir}</inputDirectory>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/website</outputDirectory>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>