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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - devel
+
+jobs:
+
+  # take out unit tests
+  test:
+    name: Unit tests (Python ${{ matrix.python-version }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version:
+        - "3.11"
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        python -m pip install -e .[tests]
+    - name: Test with unittest
+      run: python -m unittest