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-schemaVersion: 2.1.0
-metadata:
-  name: devfile-todolist-sample
-  version: 1.0.0
-  metadata-name-original-value: todo-list
-  persistVolumes: 'false'
-attributes:
-  controller.devfile.io/storage-type: ephemeral
-  che-theia.eclipse.org/sidecar-policy: mergeImage
-  controller.devfile.io/devworkspace-config:
-    name: devworkspace-config
-    namespace: eclipse-che
-projects:
-  - git:
-      remotes:
-        origin: https://gitlab.stud.idi.ntnu.no/it1901/todo-list.git
-    name: todo-list
-components:
-  - attributes:
-      controller.devfile.io/merge-contribution: true
-    container:
-      env:
-        - name: CHE_DASHBOARD_URL
-          value: https://gitpodtest.stack.it.ntnu.no
-        - name: CHE_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_URL
-          value: https://gitpodtest.stack.it.ntnu.no/plugin-registry/v3
-        - name: CHE_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_INTERNAL_URL
-          value: http://plugin-registry.eclipse-che.svc:8080/v3
-        - name: OPENVSX_REGISTRY_URL
-          value: https://open-vsx.org
-      image: quay.io/devfile/universal-developer-image:ubi8-latest
-      sourceMapping: /projects
-    name: todolist-container
-commands:
-  - id: install-java-17
-    exec:
-      component: todolist-container
-      commandLine: sdk install java 17.0.8-tem
-      label: Install java 17 Temurin
-  - id: select-dir
-    exec:
-      component: todolist-container
-      commandLine: cd todolist
-      label: cd to the root project directory
-  - id: clean-install
-    exec:
-      component: todolist-container
-      commandLine: mvn clean install -DskipUiTests
-      label: Maven clean install