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+const test = require('tap').test
+
+const verify = require('../../dist/lib/verify')
+
+test('verify pkg, options and env', (t) => {
+  t.test('dry run verification', (tt) => {
+    const noErrors = verify({
+      name: 'package',
+      repository: {
+        url: 'http://github.com/whats/up.git'
+      }
+    }, {
+      debug: true
+    }, {})
+
+    tt.is(noErrors.length, 0)
+
+    const errors = verify({}, {
+      debug: true
+    }, {})
+
+    tt.is(errors.length, 2)
+    tt.is(errors[0].code, 'ENOPKGNAME')
+    tt.is(errors[1].code, 'ENOPKGREPO')
+
+    tt.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('publish verification', (tt) => {
+    const noErrors = verify({
+      name: 'package',
+      repository: {
+        url: 'http://github.com/whats/up.git'
+      }
+    }, {
+      'github-token': 'sup'
+    }, {
+      NPM_TOKEN: 'yo'
+    })
+
+    tt.is(noErrors.length, 0)
+
+    const errors = verify({}, {}, {})
+
+    tt.is(errors.length, 4)
+    tt.is(errors[0].code, 'ENOPKGNAME')
+    tt.is(errors[1].code, 'ENOPKGREPO')
+    tt.is(errors[2].code, 'ENOGHTOKEN')
+    tt.is(errors[3].code, 'ENONPMTOKEN')
+
+    tt.end()
+  })
+})