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+This is a simple test module uploaded during the github action tests defined in .github/workflows/testme.yml
+
+The module.tar.gz was created by running:
+
+```sh
+tar -czf module.tar.gz ./run.sh
+```
+
+The meta.js points to `run.sh` so the tar command must be run from the `test` directory