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+.github
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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+name: test
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize]
+    branches: [main]
+jobs:
+  devtools-check:
+    strategy:
+      # currently, we expect the adapter to work with the same versions as flowr itself
+      # see https://github.com/flowr-analysis/flowr/blob/main/.github/workflows/full-test.yaml#L20
+      matrix:
+        r-version: [ '4.4.0', '4.3.2', '4.2.3', '4.0.0', '3.6.0' ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+        include:
+           - os: macos-latest
+             r-version: '4.4.0'
+           - os: windows-latest
+             r-version: '4.4.0'
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install R
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.r-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: devtools
+      - name: Run devtools::check()
+        # error on any type of notice from the check
+        run: Rscript -e 'devtools::check(error_on = "note")'