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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# xos-unit.sh - perform a unit test on XOS or synchronizers
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+# when not running under Jenkins, use current dir as workspace, and 'xos' as GERRIT_PROJECT
+WORKSPACE=${WORKSPACE:-.}
+GERRIT_PROJECT=${GERRIT_PROJECT:-xos}
+
+# create python virtual env
+export XOS_DIR=${WORKSPACE}/cord/orchestration/xos
+$XOS_DIR/scripts/setup_venv.sh
+source venv-xos/bin/activate
+
+# find the path to the project that is checked out
+PROJECT_PATH=$(xmllint --xpath "string(//project[@name=\"$GERRIT_PROJECT\"]/@path)" cord/.repo/manifest.xml)
+
+if [ "$GERRIT_PROJECT" = 'xos' ] ; then
+  pushd "$WORKSPACE/cord/$PROJECT_PATH"
+else
+  pushd "$WORKSPACE/cord/$PROJECT_PATH/xos"
+fi
+
+echo "Performing nose2 tests"
+nose2 --verbose --with-coverage --coverage-report xml --coverage-report term --junit-xml
+popd
+