diff --git a/.ci/check-gofmt b/.ci/check-gofmt
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+++ b/.ci/check-gofmt
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+result="$(gofmt -s -l . | grep -v '^vendor/' )"
+if [ -n "$result" ]; then
+  echo "Go code is not formatted, run 'gofmt -s -w .'" >&2
+  echo "$result"
+  exit 1
+fi
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diff --git a/.ci/check-testfiles b/.ci/check-testfiles
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+++ b/.ci/check-testfiles
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# checks if every desired package has test files
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+source_re = re.compile(".*\.go")
+test_re   = re.compile(".*_test\.go")
+missing   = False
+
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
+  # ignore some paths
+  if root == "." or root.startswith("./vendor") or root.startswith("./."):
+    continue
+
+  # source files but not test files?
+  if len(filter(source_re.match, files)) > 0 and len(filter(test_re.match, files)) == 0:
+    print("no test files for {}".format(root))
+    missing = True
+
+if missing:
+  sys.exit(1)
+else:
+  print("every package has test files")
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diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+image: golang:latest
+stages:
+  - build
+  - test
+
+before_script:
+  - mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/FreifunkBremen/
+  - cp -R $CI_PROJECT_DIR /go/src/github.com/FreifunkBremen/
+  - go get -v github.com/FreifunkBremen/$CI_PROJECT_NAME
+  - cd /go/src/github.com/FreifunkBremen/$CI_PROJECT_NAME
+
+build-my-project:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - mkdir $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/
+    - cp /go/bin/$CI_PROJECT_NAME $CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/$CI_PROJECT_NAME
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - bin/$CI_PROJECT_NAME
+      - config_example.conf
+
+test-my-project:
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - ./.ci/check-gofmt
+    - ./.ci/check-testfiles
+    - go get -d github.com/stretchr/testify/assert
+    - go test $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/ | grep -v /webroot/) -v -coverprofile .testCoverage.txt
+    - go tool cover -func=.testCoverage.txt
+
+test-race-my-project:
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - go get -d github.com/stretchr/testify/assert
+    - go test -race ./...