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+#===============================================================================
+# Copyright contributors to the oneDAL project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#===============================================================================
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: auto
+        # Set thresholds very conservatively so that it will always stay green
+        # leave target: auto such that future coverage percentage enforcement can
+        # be easily implemented by adjusting the threshold only.
+        threshold: 50
+    patch:
+      default:
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 50