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@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ process.
 For more details about how Bats evaluates test files, see [Bats Evaluation
 Process][bats-eval] on the wiki.
 
+For sample test files, see [examples](/docs/examples).
+
 [bats-eval]: https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core/wiki/Bats-Evaluation-Process
 
 ### `run`: Test other commands
diff --git a/docs/examples/README.md b/docs/examples/README.md
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+# Examples
+
+This directory contains example .bats files.
+See the [bats-core wiki][examples] for more details.
+
+[examples]: (/bats-core/bats-core/wiki/Examples)
diff --git a/docs/examples/package-tarball b/docs/examples/package-tarball
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# "unofficial" bash strict mode
+# See: http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode
+set -o errexit  # Exit when simple command fails               'set -e'
+set -o errtrace # Exit on error inside any functions or subshells.
+set -o nounset  # Trigger error when expanding unset variables 'set -u'
+set -o pipefail # Do not hide errors within pipes              'set -o pipefail'
+set -o xtrace   # Display expanded command and arguments       'set -x'
+IFS=$'\n\t'     # Split words on \n\t rather than spaces
+
+main() {
+  tar -czf "$dst_tarball" -C "$src_dir" .
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/docs/examples/package-tarball.bats b/docs/examples/package-tarball.bats
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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+setup() {
+  export dst_tarball="${BATS_TMPDIR}/dst.tar.gz"
+  export src_dir="${BATS_TMPDIR}/src_dir"
+
+  rm -rf "${dst_tarball}" "${src_dir}"
+  mkdir "${src_dir}"
+  touch "${src_dir}"/{a,b,c}
+}
+
+main() {
+  bash "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}"/package-tarball
+}
+
+@test 'fail when \$src_dir and \$dst_tarball are unbound' {
+  unset src_dir dst_tarball
+
+  run main
+  [ "${status}" -ne 0 ]
+}
+
+@test 'fail when \$src_dir is a non-existent directory' {
+  src_dir='not-a-dir'
+
+  run main
+  [ "${status}" -ne 0 ]
+}
+
+@test 'pass when \$src_dir directory is empty' {
+  rm -rf "${src_dir:?}/*"
+
+  run main
+  echo "$output"
+  [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test 'files in \$src_dir are added to tar archive' {
+  run main
+  [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+
+  run tar tf "$dst_tarball"
+  [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "${output}" =~ a ]]
+  [[ "${output}" =~ b ]]
+  [[ "${output}" =~ c ]]
+}