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+language: go
+go: release
+install: go get -d -t -v ./...
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 btcscript
 =========
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/conformal/btcscript.png?branch=master)]
+(https://travis-ci.org/conformal/btcscript)
+
 Package btcscript implements the bitcoin transaction scripts.  There is
 a comprehensive test suite. `test_coverage.txt` contains the current
 coverage statistics (generated using gocov).  On a UNIX-like OS, the