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+name: unit tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, dev-bfabric-2 ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main, dev-bfabric-2 ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+      - name: Install bfabricPy
+        run: python -m pip install .
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: python -m unittest discover -s bfabric/tests/unit -p 'test_*.py'