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+sudo: false
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - tests/elm-stuff/build-artifacts
+    - sysconfcpus
+
+before_install:
+  - echo -e "Host github.com\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n" >> ~/.ssh/config
+  - | # epic build time improvement - see https://github.com/elm-lang/elm-compiler/issues/1473#issuecomment-245704142
+    if [ ! -d sysconfcpus/bin ];
+    then
+      git clone https://github.com/obmarg/libsysconfcpus.git;
+      cd libsysconfcpus;
+      ./configure --prefix=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/sysconfcpus;
+      make && make install;
+      cd ..;
+    fi
+install:
+  - npm install -g elm@0.18.0 elm-test elm-format@exp
+  - mv $(npm config get prefix)/bin/elm-make $(npm config get prefix)/bin/elm-make-old
+  - printf '%s\n\n' '#!/bin/bash' 'echo "Running elm-make with sysconfcpus -n 2"' '$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/sysconfcpus/bin/sysconfcpus -n 2 elm-make-old "$@"' > $(npm config get prefix)/bin/elm-make
+  - chmod +x $(npm config get prefix)/bin/elm-make
+  - travis_retry elm-package install --yes
+  - cd tests
+  - npm install
+  - travis_retry elm-package install --yes
+  - cd ..
+
+script:
+  # Check if all exposed modules compile.
+  - elm-package diff
+  - elm-format --validate src tests styleguide-app
+  # Uncomment this once we have tests in this repo.
+  # - elm test
+  - cd styleguide-app && elm-make Main.elm -- output=elm.js