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 Skipping the Tests
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-The tests are very valuable, but also time-consuming because they depoloy to app servers. If
+The tests are very valuable, but also time-consuming because they deploy to app servers. If
 you're just pulling in someone's already-tested changes. To skip the tests, just build like this:
 
     mvn clean install -Darchetype.test.skip=true