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+{#
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#}
+# /etc/default/gerritcodereview - {{ ansible_managed }}
+GERRIT_SITE={{ gerrit_home_dir }}
+JAVA_OPTIONS='{{ gerrit_java_opts }}'