title: Multi-line comment in Ant build.properties file
body: <p>How to add a multi-line comment in an Ant build.properties file? Is it even possible? </p>
  
  <p>I have a <code>build.properties</code> file with properties like </p>
  
  <pre><code>property1.value=a
  property2.value=b
  property3.value=c
  ...
  ...
  property30.value=xyz
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>These properties over-ride properties in another build file. However, when I don't want to over-ride, I would like to comment out all these properties at once by using something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>/*
  property1.value=a
  property2.value=b
  property3.value=c
  ...
  ...
  property30.value=xyz
  */
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>instead of individually commenting out each property by using</p>
  
  <pre><code>#property1.value=a
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is this possible to achieve? </p>