diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "phpunit/phpunit",
+    "description": "The PHP Unit Testing framework.",
+    "type": "library",
+    "keywords": [
+        "phpunit",
+        "xunit",
+        "testing"
+    ],
+    "homepage": "http://www.phpunit.de/",
+    "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Sebastian Bergmann",
+            "email": "sebastian@phpunit.de",
+            "role": "lead"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": "3.7.0RC5",
+    "time": "2012-09-17",
+    "support": {
+        "issues": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues",
+        "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.net/phpunit"
+    },
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=5.3.3",
+        "phpunit/php-file-iterator": ">=1.3.1",
+        "phpunit/php-text-template": ">=1.1.1",
+        "phpunit/php-code-coverage": ">=1.2.0RC1",
+        "phpunit/php-timer": ">=1.0.2",
+        "phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects": ">=1.2.0RC1",
+        "symfony/yaml": ">=2.1.0RC1",
+        "ext-dom": "*",
+        "ext-pcre": "*",
+        "ext-reflection": "*",
+        "ext-spl": "*"
+    },
+    "suggest": {
+        "phpunit/php-invoker": ">=1.1.0",
+        "ext-json": "*",
+        "ext-simplexml": "*",
+        "ext-tokenizer": "*"
+    },
+    "bin": [
+        "composer/bin/phpunit",
+        "phpunit.bat"
+    ],
+    "config": {
+        "bin-dir": "bin"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "files": [
+            "PHPUnit/Autoload.php"
+        ]
+    },
+    "include-path": [
+        ""
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/composer/bin/phpunit b/composer/bin/phpunit
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+++ b/composer/bin/phpunit
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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/* PHPUnit
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2012, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ *   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ *   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *     distribution.
+ *
+ *   * Neither the name of Sebastian Bergmann nor the names of his
+ *     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+ * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+ * CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
+ * ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+define('PHPUnit_MAIN_METHOD', 'PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main');
+
+// pull in vendor/autoload.php as defined by composer
+require __DIR__ .'/../../../../autoload.php';
+
+PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main();
diff --git a/package-composer.json b/package-composer.json
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+++ b/package-composer.json
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+{
+    "keywords": [ "phpunit", "xunit", "testing" ],
+    "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+    "homepage": "http://www.phpunit.de/",
+    "dependency_map": {
+        "pear.phpunit.de/File_Iterator":      "phpunit/php-file-iterator",
+        "pear.phpunit.de/Text_Template":      "phpunit/php-text-template",
+        "pear.phpunit.de/PHP_CodeCoverage":   "phpunit/php-code-coverage",
+        "pear.phpunit.de/PHP_Timer":          "phpunit/php-timer",
+        "pear.phpunit.de/PHPUnit_MockObject": "phpunit/phpunit-mock-objects",
+        "pear.phpunit.de/PHP_Invoker":        "phpunit/php-invoker",
+        "pear.symfony.com/Yaml":              "symfony/yaml"
+    },
+    "support": {
+        "issues": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues",
+        "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.net/phpunit"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "files": [ "PHPUnit/Autoload.php" ]
+    },
+    "include_path": [
+        ""
+    ],
+    "bin": [
+        "composer/bin/phpunit",
+        "phpunit.bat"
+    ]
+}
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