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+  [@dwijnand]: http://github.com/dwijnand
+  [#1877]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/1877
+  [#2035]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/pull/2035
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+### Fixes with compatibility implications
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+### Improvements
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+### Bug fixes
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+- Add dependency-level exclusions in the POM for project-level exclusions. [#1877][]/[#2035][] by [@dwijnand][]