diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+target/*
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+<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
+                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>apollo</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <groupId>apollo-rsps</groupId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jruby-complete</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>
+            <artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId> <!-- Use 'netty-all' for 4.0 or above -->
+            <version>3.3.0.Final</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.11</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
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