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+.idea
+Dockerfile
+project/project
+project/target
+target
+reports
+tests
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+.idea
+project/project
+project/target
+reports
+target
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+FROM openjdk:8-alpine as assembly
+
+# based on https://hub.docker.com/r/hseeberger/scala-sbt/dockerfile
+
+ENV SCALA_VERSION 2.12.8
+ENV SBT_VERSION 1.2.8
+
+RUN \
+  apk add --no-cache curl bash && \
+  curl -fsL https://downloads.lightbend.com/scala/$SCALA_VERSION/scala-$SCALA_VERSION.tgz | tar xfz - -C /usr/local/
+
+ENV SCALA_HOME /usr/local/scala-${SCALA_VERSION}
+ENV PATH "${SCALA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+RUN \
+  curl -fsL https://piccolo.link/sbt-${SBT_VERSION}.tgz | tar xfz - -C /usr/local/ && \
+  /usr/local/sbt/bin/sbt sbtVersion
+
+ENV PATH "/usr/local/sbt/bin:${PATH}"
+
+WORKDIR /usr/local/src
+COPY build.sbt ./
+COPY src ./src
+COPY project ./project
+RUN sbt assembly
+
+FROM openjdk:8-alpine
+COPY --from=assembly /usr/local/src/target/scala-2.12/sparql-test-runner /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["sparql-test-runner"]