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+name: build Qt multi-platform
+ 
+on: push # when to trigger this. Here, on every push
+jobs:
+  build_and_test:
+    name: "Build and test"
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest] # we build on GitHub-provided Windows and Linux images
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }} # use value from the matrix
+    steps:
+    - name: Install dependencies (linux)
+      run: sudo apt install ninja-build
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' # conditional, runs this step only on the Ubuntu runner
+    - name: Install Ninja (windows)    # Ninja is not available in GitHub-provided images,
+                                       # see https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/514
+      run: choco install ninja         # So let's install it through Chocolatey
+      if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+    - name: Install Qt
+      uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
+      with:
+        version: '6.5.3'
+    - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1 # This action essentially calls vcvarsall.bat for the latest VS in the runner for x64
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3    # Actually check out the sources. GH Actions can run for events that may not require
+                                   # sources (e.g. when someone comments on an issue)
+ 
+    # Here we call CMake manually, there are solutions for that in the Marketplace: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/run-cmake
+    - name: Build
+      # We don't need to set up the environment variable for CMake to see Qt because the install-qt-action
+      # sets up the necessary variables automatically
+      run: cmake -S . -B build -G "Ninja Multi-Config" && cmake --build build --config Release