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+language:
+   - bash
+
+script:
+  - ./bin/bats test/
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 # Bats: Bash Automated Testing System
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sstephenson/bats.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sstephenson/bats)
 
 Bats is a [TAP](http://testanything.org/)-compliant testing framework
 for Bash. It provides a simple way to verify that the UNIX programs