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+# XNAT Web Application #
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+This is the XNAT Web application build.
+
+### Building ###
+
+You can build with a simple Gradle command:
+
+```bash
+gradle clean war
+```
+
+You may need to build the [XNAT Gradle plugin](https://bitbucket.org/xnatdev/gradle-xnat-plugin) first, although it should be available on the XNAT Maven repository.
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