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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<phpunit 
+	bootstrap="./Bootstrap.php"
+	colors="true"
+	convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+	convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+	stopOnError="false"
+	stopOnFailure="false"
+	stopOnIncomplete="false"
+	stopOnSkipped="false">
+	<testsuites>
+		<testsuite name="CodeIgniter Core Test Suite">
+			<directory suffix="test.php">./codeigniter/core</directory>
+			<directory suffix="test.php">./codeigniter/helpers</directory>
+			<directory suffix="test.php">./codeigniter/libraries</directory>
+		</testsuite>
+	</testsuites>
+	<filters>
+		<blacklist>
+			<directory suffix=".php">PEAR_INSTALL_DIR</directory>
+			<directory suffix=".php">PHP_LIBDIR</directory>
+		</blacklist>
+	</filters>
+</phpunit>
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