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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Runs the tests including generating an lcov.info file
+
+# abort on failure
+set -e
+
+julia -e 'using Coverage; clean_folder(".");'
+julia --color=yes --inline=no --code-coverage=user test/runtests.jl
+mkdir -p coverage
+julia -e 'using Coverage; res=process_folder(); LCOV.writefile("coverage/lcov.info", res)'