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+# Golang CircleCI 2.0 configuration file
+#
+# Check https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/language-go/ for more details
+version: 2
+jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      # specify the version
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.8
+
+      # Specify service dependencies here if necessary
+      # CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images
+      # documented at https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/circleci-images/
+      # - image: circleci/postgres:9.4
+
+    #### TEMPLATE_NOTE: go expects specific checkout path representing url
+    #### expecting it in the form of
+    ####   /go/src/github.com/circleci/go-tool
+    ####   /go/src/bitbucket.org/circleci/go-tool
+    working_directory: /go/src/github.com/{{ORG_NAME}}/{{REPO_NAME}}
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+
+      # specify any bash command here prefixed with `run: `
+      - run: make local test