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-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.learn.libsvm/commits/v2.1.6
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.learn.libsvm/badges/master/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.learn.libsvm/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.learn.libsvm/badges/master/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.learn.libsvm/commits/master
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
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diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
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-2.1.6
+2.1.7b0
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