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-variables:
-  GIT_STRATEGY: fetch
-  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
-
-stages:
-  - build
-  - test
-
-# we'll just try our travis set up for now
-build:linux_release:
-  image: ubuntu:xenial
-  tags:
-    - linux
-  stage: build
-  before_script:
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https curl
-    - curl https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc | apt-key add -
-    - echo 'deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ xenial main' >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential ca-certificates cmake curl git libcap-dev pkg-config wget xz-utils python3-pip
-    - pip3 install git-archive-all
-  script:
-    - mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DDOWNLOAD_CURL=ON -DDOWNLOAD_SODIUM=ON -DSTATIC_LINK_RUNTIME=ON && make
-    # alternatively: git describe --tag
-    - LOKINET_VERSION=$(./lokinet-static --version|sed s/lokinet-//)
-    - echo lokinet-linux-x64-v$LOKINET_VERSION
-    - mkdir lokinet-linux-x64-v$LOKINET_VERSION
-    - cp lokinet-bootstrap lokinet-linux-x64-v$LOKINET_VERSION
-    - cp build/daemon/lokinet lokinet-linux-x64-v$LOKINET_VERSION
-    - cp docs/linux-setcap-readme.txt lokinet-linux-x64-v$LOKINET_VERSION
-    - tar cJf lokinet-linux-x64-v$LOKINET_VERSION.tar.xz lokinet-linux-x64-v$LOKINET_VERSION
-    - make tarball
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - lokinet-*.tar.xz
-
-build:linux_debug:
-  image: ubuntu:xenial
-  tags:
-    - linux
-  stage: build
-  before_script:
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https curl
-    - curl https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc | apt-key add -
-    - echo 'deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ xenial main' >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential ca-certificates cmake curl git libcap-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libuv1-dev ninja-build
-  script:
-    - mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DDOWNLOAD_CURL=ON -DDOWNLOAD_SODIUM=ON -DSTATIC_LINK_RUNTIME=ON && make package
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - build/daemon/lokinet
-      - build/daemon/lokinetctl
-
-
-build:win32:
-  image: ubuntu:bionic
-  tags:
-    - linux
-  stage: build
-  before_script:
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential cmake nsis git g++-mingw-w64
-  script:
-    - mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../contrib/cross/mingw64.cmake -DSTATIC_LINK_RUNTIME=ON && make package
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - build/lokinet-*.exe
-
-build:macos:
-  tags:
-    - osx
-  stage: build
-  script:
-    - IS_NOTIFICATION=1 STATIC_LINK=ON DOWNLOAD_SODIUM=ON make mac
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - build/*.pkg
-      - build/daemon/lokinet