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 ### Automatic test execution
 
-The sample application code and templates in this repository contain scripts that automatically execute tests via the postCommit hook.  These tests assume that they are being executed against a local test sqlite database. If alternate database credentials are supplied to the build, the tests could make undesireable changes to that database.
+The sample application code and templates in this repository contain scripts that automatically execute tests via the postCommit hook.  These tests assume that they are being executed against a local test sqlite database. If alternate database credentials are supplied to the build, the tests could make undesirable changes to that database.
 
 ## Local development