diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df5d88e..3e487ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,3 +154,4 @@
         <hdrhistogram.version>2.1.11</hdrhistogram.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
+#this line is added to demonstrate the "git pull" command