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+name: Python application
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        pyversion: ['3.5','3.8']
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:10.8
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: decide
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: decide
+          POSTGRES_DB: decide
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        # needed because the postgres container does not provide a healthcheck
+        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Set up Python ${{matrix.pyversion}}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{matrix.pyversion}}
+    - name: psycopg2 prerequisites
+      run: sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        pip install codacy-coverage
+    - name: Run migrations
+      run: cd decide;python manage.py migrate
+    - name: Run tests     
+      run: cd decide;coverage run --branch --source=. ./manage.py test census --keepdb; coverage xml;
+    - name: Codacy Coverage Reporter
+      uses: codacy/codacy-coverage-reporter-action@v1.1.0
+      with:
+          project-token: ${{ secrets.CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
+          coverage-reports: decide/coverage.xml
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