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+name: Test
+
+on:
+  - push
+  - pull_request
+  - workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  run-busted:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    concurrency:
+      group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.sha }}
+      cancel-in-progress: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: "recursive"
+
+      - uses: jkl1337/gh-actions-lua@v11
+        with:
+          # luaVersion: "5.1"
+          luaVersion: "luajit-git"
+      - uses: jkl1337/gh-actions-luarocks@v5
+        with:
+          luarocksVersion: "3.12.0"
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: |
+          luarocks install busted
+          luarocks install luautf8
+          luarocks install luafilesystem
+
+      - name: run unit tests
+        run: busted spec -o utfTerminal