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+# based on test-coverage, running testthat with options(warn = 2) to fail on test warnings
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: test-package
+
+jobs:
+  test-package:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: local::.
+
+      - name: Run Tests
+        run: |
+          ## --------------------------------------------------------------------
+          options(
+            crayon.enabled = TRUE,
+            warn = 2L,
+            warnPartialMatchArgs = TRUE,
+            warnPartialMatchAttr = TRUE,
+            warnPartialMatchDollar = TRUE
+          )
+          if (Sys.getenv("_R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_", "") == "") Sys.setenv("_R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_" = "false")
+          testthat::test_dir("tests")
+        shell: Rscript {0}