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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<assembly xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.0"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.1.0.xsd">
+    <id>bin</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+    </formats>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>*.md</include>
+            </includes>
+            <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.basedir}/target</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>bin/**</include>
+                <include>*-standalone.jar</include>
+            </includes>
+            <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>