## Building and Testing

The most reliable way to build and test Guava is:

```shell
./mvnw clean install
```

(Our benchmarks, however, are
[not set up to run easily externally][benchmarks-run].)

    return x > 0 & (x & (x - 1)) == 0;
  }

  /**
   * Returns 1 if {@code x < y} as unsigned longs, and 0 otherwise. Assumes that x - y fits into a
   * signed long. The implementation is branch-free, and benchmarks suggest it is measurably faster
   * than the straightforward ternary expression.
   */
  @VisibleForTesting
  static int lessThanBranchFree(long x, long y) {
    // Returns the sign bit of x - y.