diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.idea
+*.iml
+target
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+++ b/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.thoughtworkers</groupId>
+    <artifactId>java-dojo</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.8.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/thoughtworkers/SmokeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/thoughtworkers/SmokeTest.java
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+++ b/src/test/java/org/thoughtworkers/SmokeTest.java
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+package org.thoughtworkers;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+public class SmokeTest {
+    @Test
+    public void shouldAlwaysPass() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(1, is(1));
+    }
+}