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+language: java
+
+script: mvn test javadoc:javadoc
+
+after_success:
+  - mvn clean cobertura:cobertura -Dcobertura.report.format=xml coveralls:cobertura
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-gatk-tools-java
+gatk-tools-java [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/googlegenomics/gatk-tools-java.svg?style=flat)](https://travis-ci.org/googlegenomics/gatk-tools-java) [![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/googlegenomics/gatk-tools-java.svg?style=flat)](https://coveralls.io/r/googlegenomics/gatk-tools-java)
 ===============
 Tools for using Picard and GATK with Genomics API.