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+# Apache Sling Featuremodel - Content Deployment Exension
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+This module is part of the [Apache Sling](https://sling.apache.org) project.
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+This project is about creating an Extension to the Sling Featuremodel Launcher to be able to precalculate a FSPackageRegistry and inject precalculated Executionplans to be deployed into the repository during startup.
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