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+name: C/C++ CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: 
+      - master
+  push:
+    branches: 
+      - master
+
+env:
+  # Customize the CMake build type here (Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo, etc.)
+  BUILD_TYPE: Release
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs:
+      using: 'docker'
+      image: 'docker://centos:7'
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: install deps
+      run: |
+        sudo yum -y install cmake xrootd-devel 
+        
+    - name: Create Build Environment
+      # Some projects don't allow in-source building, so create a separate build directory
+      # We'll use this as our working directory for all subsequent commands
+      run: cmake -E make_directory ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+
+    - name: Configure CMake
+      # Use a bash shell so we can use the same syntax for environment variable
+      # access regardless of the host operating system
+      shell: bash
+      working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+      # Note the current convention is to use the -S and -B options here to specify source 
+      # and build directories, but this is only available with CMake 3.13 and higher.  
+      # The CMake binaries on the Github Actions machines are (as of this writing) 3.12
+      run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DBUILD_UNITTESTS=yes
+
+    - name: Build
+      working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+      shell: bash
+      # Execute the build.  You can specify a specific target with "--target <NAME>"
+      run: cmake --build . --config $BUILD_TYPE
+
+    - name: Test
+      working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+      shell: bash
+      # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration.  
+      # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
+      run: ctest -C $BUILD_TYPE --verbose