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 # Autocmake
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+##
+# The autocmake project test configuration for Windows OS at AppVeyor
+#
+# Current software used:
+# OS: 64-bit Windows Server 2012 R2
+# Compilers: 64-bit MinGw-w64 5.1.0 (downloaded during script execution)
+# Python: 2.7, both 32-bit and 64-bit versions
+#
+# Notes:
+# Can be extended for use with Python 3
+# Where "ps:" is used commands are executed in PowerShell
+##
+
+# build version format: 1.0.1, 1.0.2, ...
+version: 1.0.{build}
+
+# prepare environment
+environment:
+# set custom path (will be more extended later in build_script section)
+  path: C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\7-Zip;C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin
+# set MinGw-w64 (64-bit) version 5.1.0 download URL
+  url: http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mingw-w64/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/5.1.0/threads-posix/seh/x86_64-5.1.0-release-posix-seh-rt_v4-rev0.7z
+# user can possibly use different Python versions, we try to test multiple cases
+# 64-bit version is recommended
+  matrix:
+# Python 2.7; 32-bit version
+    - python: C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts
+# Python 2.7; 64-bit version
+    - python: C:\Python27-x64;C:\Python27-x64\Scripts
+
+build_script:
+# add location of used Python to path
+- set path=%path%;%python%
+
+# create dir for custom software and move there
+- mkdir C:\software && cd C:\software
+
+# download and unpack MinGw-w64 compilers
+- ps: wget $env:url -OutFile MinGW.7z
+- 7z x MinGW.7z > NUL
+
+# add compilers binary dir to path
+- set path=%path%;C:\software\mingw64\bin
+
+# download and upgrade pip
+- ps: wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -OutFile get-pip.py
+- python get-pip.py
+
+# install py.test
+- pip install pytest
+
+# go back to project source dir
+- cd C:\projects\autocmake
+
+test_script:
+# show environment
+- echo %path%
+- py.test --version
+# run tests
+- py.test -v test/test.py