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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<manifest>
+
+  <remote name="openstack" fetch="https://opendev.org/openstack" />
+  <remote name="starlingx" fetch="https://opendev.org/starlingx" />
+  <remote name="hpe-storage" fetch="https://github.com/hpe-storage" />
+  <remote name="gnocchi" fetch="https://github.com/gnocchixyz/" />
+  <remote name="linux-yocto" fetch="git://git.yoctoproject.org/" />
+  <!-- note, you can also provide personal overrides for your own github -->
+  <!-- for tests/experiments -->
+
+  <remote name="stx-staging" fetch="https://github.com/starlingx-staging"/>
+  <default revision="refs/tags/8.0.0" remote="stx-staging"/>
+
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="jenkins-pipelines.git" path="stx-jenkins-pipelines"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="tools.git" path="stx-tools"/>
+
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="root.git" path="cgcs-root"/>
+
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="ansible-playbooks.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/ansible-playbooks"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="app-kubevirt.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/app-kubevirt"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="audit-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/audit-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="cert-manager-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/cert-manager-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="clients.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/clients"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="compile.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/compile"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="config.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/config"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="config-files.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/config-files"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="containers.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/containers"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="distcloud.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/distributedcloud"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="distcloud-client.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/distributedcloud-client"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="docs.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/docs"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="fault.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/fault"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="gui.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/gui"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="ha.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/ha"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="helm-charts.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/helm-charts"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="integ.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/integ"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="app-istio.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/app-istio"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="app-oran-o2.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/app-oran-o2"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="app-sts-silicom.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/app-sts-silicom"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="kernel.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/kernel"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="metal.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/metal"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="metrics-server-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/metrics-server-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="monitor-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/monitor-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="monitoring.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/monitoring"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="nfv.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/nfv"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="nginx-ingress-controller-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/nginx-ingress-controller-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="oidc-auth-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/oidc-auth-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="openstack-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/openstack-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="platform-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/platform-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="portieris-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/portieris-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="ptp-notification-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/ptp-notification-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="rook-ceph.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/rook-ceph"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="snmp-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/snmp-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="app-sriov-fec-operator.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/app-sriov-fec-operator"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="app-security-profiles-operator.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/app-security-profiles-operator"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="stx-puppet.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/stx-puppet"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="test.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/test"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="update.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/update"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="upstream.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/upstream"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="utilities.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/utilities"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="vault-armada-app.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/vault-armada-app"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="zuul-jobs.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/zuul-jobs"/>
+  <project remote="starlingx"  name="SDO-rv-service.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/SDO-rv-service"/>
+
+  <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-ceph.git" revision="fee5d28cf85a121e86931c4f816f87d247984341"  path="cgcs-root/stx/git/ceph" />
+  <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-libvirt.git" revision="8c46e49ba0880f6eddbd4d4c3ffe1ed5653a8dd6" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/libvirt"/>
+  <project remote="stx-staging"  name="stx-qemu.git" revision="d3400d2be2244058cfad6a3778834c3e97c7005d" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/qemu"/>
+  <project remote="stx-staging"  revision="4ba6047db1b70ee2bb3dd43739de7d2fb4e85ebd" name="stx-openstack-ras.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/openstack-ras"/>
+
+  <!-- Clients -->
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="d672fc2117fb74803e52fd34fd8205fd769c5c7b" name="python-aodhclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-aodhclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="73cc4218d5569c33bf32427d09014f3f1e9e712d" name="python-barbicanclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-barbicanclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="a87dd1ccc8a3ad1e40569648e50fe5c2fe068478" name="python-cinderclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-cinderclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="1aba8f2d248040364e690dd8dc7f3a508baed631" name="python-glanceclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-glanceclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="ed9edc6b36ebc8c1ddbfbd4a35ea5793910176db" name="python-heatclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-heatclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="1220d7685723b8235135d2d02c11008c7f7fb18a" name="python-ironicclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-ironicclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="13b7e7615d70aa169c5944958f9b6312002867db" name="python-keystoneclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-keystoneclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="a09e82470fd934e1ecb46b53a1c0836ef4df744b" name="python-neutronclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-neutronclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="79959abc90bc615687e3a940951ad9ec548178ec" name="python-novaclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-novaclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="d6675983c493f654685cb8ee8a01a5c55e9d65f6" name="python-openstackclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-openstackclient"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="8a90d04e276c91df6f59a39a90ae6989053a0fc9" name="openstacksdk.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-openstacksdk"/>
+  <project remote="openstack"  revision="bee472d5f5b11bed1eb5bb67c06717fd8bc4008c" name="python-pankoclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-pankoclient"/>
+
+  <!-- Last known good build of python-gnochiclient, 7.0.7 tag -->
+  <project remote="gnocchi"    revision="cad2c27c2dd53ca59cd6a9f0e0f5d288e7ccb68b" name="python-gnocchiclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-gnocchiclient"/>
+
+  <!-- linux-yocto Upstream branch is v5.10/standard/base, commit 6cf7dea05bd756513cf58c5ced8c6bf1d1f23c15 is Merge tag 'v5.10.112' into v5.10/standard/base -->
+  <project remote="linux-yocto"    sync-c="true" sync-tags="false" upstream="v5.10/standard/base" revision="6cf7dea05bd756513cf58c5ced8c6bf1d1f23c15" name="linux-yocto" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/linux-yocto-std"/>
+  <!-- linux-yocto Upstream branch is v5.10/standard/preempt-rt/base, commit bd6e7290bc766ef13e42a1e37f75e6e708b4e317 that adds the preempt_rt patchset based on the same code of std kernel -->
+  <project remote="linux-yocto"    sync-c="true" sync-tags="false" clone-depth="100" upstream="v5.10/standard/preempt-rt/base" revision="bd6e7290bc766ef13e42a1e37f75e6e708b4e317" name="linux-yocto.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/linux-yocto-rt"/>
+
+  <!-- Pure Upstream -->
+  <project remote="openstack" revision="d3d3d18ee63c43dfa12233f34fe8a374655a1510"  name="horizon.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/horizon"/>
+
+  <!-- HPE Storage -->
+  <project remote="hpe-storage" revision="d0e6de393cecc765eba70312c466e91405fb2a69" name="python-3parclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-3parclient" />
+  <project remote="hpe-storage" revision="db9773f0f97c5af04da89fcb7dca2a6ddf8d5e4a" name="python-lefthandclient.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-lefthandclient" />
+
+  <!-- Keystoneauth  -->
+  <project remote="openstack" revision="8dc7366e7667149c33d26a1b1a05a10c3ac47f26" name="keystoneauth.git" path="cgcs-root/stx/git/python-keystoneauth"/>
+</manifest>