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+name: Python package
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 4
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.6]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        cd src/
+        pip install -e .
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        pip install flake8
+        cd src/
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Check typing
+      run: |
+        pip install mypy
+        cd src/
+        mypy savetheprince tests
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        cd src/
+        python -m unittest discover tests