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+name: C/C++ CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ github-ci-test ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ github-ci-test ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: cd tests; python ./build.py