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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Run the package test suite locally in the same container image used by CI,
+# via podman (e.g. on macOS with Podman Desktop / podman machine).
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./tests/run-tests-podman.sh
+#
+# Mirrors .github/workflows/tests.yml, but runs with podman instead of docker.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+
+if ! command -v podman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Error: podman is not installed or not on PATH. Install it with 'brew install podman'." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! podman info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Podman machine is not running. Starting it..." >&2
+  podman machine start
+fi
+
+IMAGE=$(jq -r '.base_image' .codeocean/environment.json)
+IMAGE=${IMAGE//codeocean/nciccbr}
+echo "Using image: $IMAGE"
+
+podman run --rm \
+  -v "$REPO_ROOT":/workspace:Z \
+  -w /workspace \
+  "$IMAGE" \
+  Rscript tests/testthat.R