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+name: build
+on: [ pull_request, push ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip]')"
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java: [ 17 ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: setup jdk ${{ matrix.java }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          distribution: zulu
+
+      - name: cache gradle
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+            ~/.gradle/loom-cache
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/src/generated/resources/.cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle
+
+      - name: give gradle execution permissions
+        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
+
+      - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@9aa31f26bc8e536d1faf4b332bb8365350743a18
+
+      - name: building
+        run: ./gradlew build
+
+      - name: upload build artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: interior-artifacts
+          path: build/libs/*.jar