diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 513e65df0..ba5a83e12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@
     <finalName>java-hello-world</finalName>
   </build>
 </project>
+#this is a comment line#
+#comment from newbranch#