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+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python application
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "ratna_check" ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.10"
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        python -m nltk.downloader punkt stopwords
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 data/clean/*.py --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+    - name: Test processed data with pytest and doctest
+      run: |
+        pytest data/raw/*ratna*.py
+    # - name: Test processed data with pytest and no doctest
+    #   run: |
+    #     pytest data/processed/*_wo_doc.py