diff --git a/scm-dao-xml/src/test/resources/sonia/scm/store/repositoryDaoMetadata.xml b/scm-dao-xml/src/test/resources/sonia/scm/store/repositoryDaoMetadata.xml
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index 0000000000..87aa3775ea
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+++ b/scm-dao-xml/src/test/resources/sonia/scm/store/repositoryDaoMetadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<repositories>
+    <properties/>
+    <id>existing</id>
+    <namespace>space</namespace>
+    <name>existing</name>
+    <public>false</public>
+    <archived>false</archived>
+    <type>xml</type>
+</repositories>