diff --git a/coverage.sh b/coverage.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# you must install coverage before executing this script
+#   pip install coverage
+
+. env/bin/activate
+
+coverage run --source=issue --omit=issue/migrations/*.py manage.py test
+coverage report
diff --git a/runtest.sh b/runtest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+. env/bin/activate
+
+./manage.py test