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+name: Linux tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    name: Linux py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VERSION }} tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      CI: True
+      PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        PYTHON_VERSION: ['3.5', '3.6', '3.8']
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Cache pip
+        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-py-${{ matrix.PYTHON_VERSION }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Install python dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install setuptools pip --upgrade
+          pip install -v -e ".[test]"
+      - name: Show python environment
+        run: |
+          python --version
+          python -m pip list
+      - name: Run python tests
+        run: |
+          pytest . --tb=long -svv