add github workflow: run tests when submitting PR

.github/workflows/basic_tests.yml

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+name: Basic Tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
+  push:
+    branches: main
+
+jobs:
+
+  run_tests:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
+        python-version: ["3.10"]
+
+
+    steps:
+
+      # Set-up dependencies
+      - name: Check-out repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Needed for tags to be fetched; see https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/290      
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install poetry==1.6.1
+
+
+      # Install the project (we need some of the tools installed here for liniting etc)
+      - name: Install the project
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: poetry install --no-interaction --all-extras
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: pytest