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+language: nix
+before_script:
+  - mkdir urbit
+  - cd urbit
+  - curl -O https://bootstrap.urbit.org/urbit-v0.10.8-linux64.tgz
+  - tar xzf urbit-v0.10.8-linux64.tgz
+  - ./urbit-v0.10.8-linux64/urbit -dF zod
+script:
+  - nix-build
+  - nix-shell --run "runghc ./test.hs"
+after_script:
+  # kill the urbit daemon
+  - ps aux|grep "\-d zod"|grep -v grep|tr -s " "|cut -f2 -d" "|xargs kill -9