diff --git a/config/projects/TEMPLATE.yaml b/spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/TEMPLATE.yaml
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rename from config/projects/TEMPLATE.yaml
rename to spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/TEMPLATE.yaml
diff --git a/config/projects/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_manifest.csv b/spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_manifest.csv
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rename from config/projects/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_manifest.csv
rename to spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_manifest.csv
diff --git a/config/projects/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_mods.xml b/spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_mods.xml
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rename from config/projects/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_mods.xml
rename to spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/manifest_template/TEMPLATE_mods.xml
diff --git a/config/projects/reg_example.yaml b/spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/reg_example.yaml
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rename from config/projects/reg_example.yaml
rename to spec/test_data/exemplar_templates/reg_example.yaml