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+This file contains the describing the manifest repo. The repo contains manifests
+for one ot more targets located in separate directories. Each of these contain:
+
+manifest_template.xml : A template for default.xml. It contains a list of the
+                        repos together with versions. The versions can be
+                        specified using branches, tags, or hashes.
+
+default.xml           : This a time-invariant snapshot of manifest_template.xml.
+                        The difference is that all versions are specified as
+                        hashes.
+                        Auto-generated using manifest_template and data from
+                        the remotes.