diff --git a/tests/run-tests.sh b/tests/run-tests.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+if [ -z $WORKSPACE ]; then
+    WORKSPACE=`dirname $(pwd)`
+    echo "Setting Workspace to $WORKSPACE"
+fi
+
+# allow the location of the script to be overridden
+if [ -z $fdroid ]; then
+    fdroid="$WORKSPACE/fdroid"
+fi
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# setup a new repo from scratch
+
+REPOROOT=`mktemp --directory --tmpdir=$WORKSPACE`
+cd $REPOROOT
+$fdroid init
+for f in `ls -1 ../../*/bin/*.apk`; do
+    name=$(basename $(dirname `dirname $f`))
+    echo "name $name"
+    apk=${name}_`basename $f`
+    echo "apk $apk"
+    cp $f $REPOROOT/repo/$apk
+done
+# delete any 'unaligned' duplicates
+rm -f $REPOROOT/repo/*unaligned*.apk
+
+
+$fdroid update -c
+$fdroid update