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+^codecov\.yml$
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 # RPostgres
 
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+<!-- badges: start -->
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 RPostgres is an DBI-compliant interface to the postgres database. It's a ground-up rewrite using C++ and Rcpp. Compared to RPostgreSQL, it:
 
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+comment: false
+
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 1%
+    patch:
+      default:
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 1%