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-
-# Packaging constants
-COMMIT = (ENV["GIT_COMMIT"] || `git rev-parse HEAD`).chomp()[0, 10]
-PACKAGE_NAME = "mitx"
-BRANCH = (ENV["GIT_BRANCH"] || `git symbolic-ref -q HEAD`).chomp().gsub('refs/heads/', '').gsub('origin/', '')
-
-desc "Build a properties file used to trigger autodeploy builds"
-task :autodeploy_properties do
-    File.open("autodeploy.properties", "w") do |file|
-        file.puts("UPSTREAM_NOOP=false")
-        file.puts("UPSTREAM_BRANCH=#{BRANCH}")
-        file.puts("UPSTREAM_JOB=#{PACKAGE_NAME}")
-        file.puts("UPSTREAM_REVISION=#{COMMIT}")
-    end
-end
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