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+<?php
+
+class Setup_test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+	
+	function testNonsense()
+	{
+		$this->markTestIncomplete('not implemented');
+		// ensure that our bootstrapped test environment
+		// is a good representation of an isolated CI install
+		//die('here');
+	}
+	
+}
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