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+name: Continuous Integration
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main", "release" ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  # TODO: keep these JAVA and GRADLE configs for now but check
+  # if needed in the future
+  JAVA_OPTS: -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.configureondemand=true -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
+
+jobs:
+  build_artifacts:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: '17'
+
+      - name: Build and Test with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew test
+