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+# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
+# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions
+# More info on Python, GitHub Actions, and Azure App Service: https://aka.ms/python-webapps-actions
+
+name: Build Conda Environment And Run Python Tests 
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - avelez-dev
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python version
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - name: Setup Miniconda
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        with:
+          miniconda-version: "latest"
+          channels: bioconda, conda-forge, defaults
+          use-only-tar-bz2: true  
+          auto-update-conda: true
+          auto-activate-base: true
+          
+      - name: Create and start Conda environment. Run tests.
+        run: |
+          echo "Creating Conda Environment from environment.yml"
+          conda env create -f environment.yml
+          conda activate tdc-conda-env
+          python run_tests.py
+          conda deactivate