diff --git a/apache-commons-parent.yaml b/apache-commons-parent.yaml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9b86a5c81e58d7ad7ec8c3685fdae209b9a7adc8
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+on_control: github
+src_repo: apache/commons-parent
+tag_prefix: ^dev/
+seperator: .
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