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+#!/bin/bash
+
+JULIAVER=$1                     # the first and only argument to the script is the version
+JULIABIN=/test/julia-$JULIAVER/bin/julia
+
+## install the image (when necessary)
+/test/install-julia.sh $JULIAVER
+
+cd /mnt && if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
+
+# run tests
+$JULIABIN -e "import Pkg; Pkg.build(); Pkg.test(; coverage=true)"