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+name: Basic consistency tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  buildmamba:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: windows-latest}
+          - {os: macOS-latest}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: "recursive"
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Install Conda environment
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+        with:
+          environment-file: environment.yml
+          cache-environment: true
+      - name: Build and Test
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          fpm build
+          pytest -vvv