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-# DO NOT CHANGE the "init" and "install" sections below
-
-# Download script file from GitHub
-init:
-  ps: |
-        $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-        Invoke-WebRequest http://raw.github.com/krlmlr/r-appveyor/master/scripts/appveyor-tool.ps1 -OutFile "..\appveyor-tool.ps1"
-        Import-Module '..\appveyor-tool.ps1'
-
-install:
-  ps: Bootstrap
-
-cache:
-  - C:\RLibrary
-
-platform: x64
-
-environment:
-  NOT_CRAN: true
-  # env vars that may need to be set, at least temporarily, from time to time
-  # see https://github.com/krlmlr/r-appveyor#readme for details
-  # USE_RTOOLS: true
-  # R_REMOTES_STANDALONE: true
-
-# Adapt as necessary starting from here
-
-  R_VERSION: release
-  R_ARCH: x64
-
-build_script:
-  - travis-tool.sh install_deps
-
-test_script:
-  - travis-tool.sh run_tests
-
-on_failure:
-  - 7z a failure.zip *.Rcheck\*
-  - appveyor PushArtifact failure.zip
-
-artifacts:
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.log'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.out'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.fail'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.Rout'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '\*_*.tar.gz'
-    name: Bits
-
-  - path: '\*_*.zip'
-    name: Bits