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+name: Validate PR
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+
+jobs:
+  build-package:
+    name: Test and Package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    services:
+      clinlims:
+        image: postgres:9.4
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_DB: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Java 7 for ant
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: '7'
+      - name: Setup Ruby 2.3
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: 2.3
+      - name: Install Compass
+        run: gem install compass
+      - name: Install Ant 1.9
+        run: |
+          mkdir /tmp/ant
+          cd /tmp/ant
+          wget https://dlcdn.apache.org//ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.9.16-bin.tar.gz
+          tar -zxf apache-ant-1.9.16-bin.tar.gz
+          echo "ANT_HOME=/tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.9.16" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "/tmp/ant/apache-ant-1.9.16/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - name: Package
+        run: ant dist
+      - name: Setup DB
+        env:
+          PGPASSWORD: postgres
+        run: ant setupDB
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: ant test test-only
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