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 ### Build
 
 1. Clone the package into `plugins` folder of `gerrit` repo or link the plugin folder to `gerrit/plugins` folder
-2. Override `plugins/package.json` with `package.json`, you can remove all `depDependencies` as they are not needed for the build (needed for running wct tests)
+2. Override `plugins/package.json` with `external_package.json`, you can remove all `depDependencies` as they are not needed for the build (needed for running wct tests)
 3. Run `bazel build plugins/image-diff`
 
 ## Highlight Mode
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