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+# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
+# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
+# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
+# documentation.
+#
+# See https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples#readme for
+# additional example workflows available for the R community.
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'} 
+          - {os: macOS-latest, r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'release', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"}
+          - {os: ubuntu-20.04,   r: 'devel', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest", http-user-agent: "R/4.1.0 (ubuntu-20.04) R (4.1.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu x86_64 linux-gnu) on GitHub Actions" }
+
+    env:
+      R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
+      RSPM: ${{ matrix.config.rspm }}
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+      # do not convert line feeds in windows
+      - name: Windows git setup
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run:
+          git config --global core.autocrlf false
+          
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v1
+
+      - name: Query dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages('remotes')
+          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
+          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Restore R package cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: |
+          while read -r cmd
+          do
+            eval sudo $cmd
+          done < <(Rscript -e 'writeLines(remotes::system_requirements("ubuntu", "20.04"))')
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
+          remotes::install_cran("curl")
+          remotes::install_cran("rcmdcheck")
+          remotes::install_cran("covr")
+          remotes::install_cran("webshot")
+          remotes::install_cran("vdiffr")
+          webshot::install_phantomjs()
+          webdriver::run_phantomjs(timeout = 15000)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Check
+        env:
+          _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_REMOTE_: false
+          _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_: false
+        run: |
+          options(crayon.enabled = TRUE)
+          rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(args = c("--no-manual", "--as-cran"), error_on = "error", check_dir = "check")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Upload check results
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@main
+        with:
+          name: ${{ runner.os }}-r${{ matrix.config.r }}-results
+          path: check
+
+      - name: Test coverage
+        run: covr::codecov()
+        shell: Rscript {0}