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+name: Run code coverage
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  run-coverage:
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    # TODO handle forks
+    # run pipeline on either a push event or a PR event on a fork
+    # if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+    env:  # used by codecov-action
+      OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
+      PYTHON: '3.11'
+    steps:
+      - name: Cancel any previous incomplete runs
+        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
+        with:
+          all_but_latest: true
+          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+          fetch-depth: 0  # fetch tags
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install -e .  # must install in editable mode for coverage to find sources
+          python -m pip list
+
+      - name: Run tests and generate coverage report
+        run: |
+          pytest --cov
+          python -m coverage xml  # codecov uploader requires xml format
+          python -m coverage report -m
+
+      # TODO uncomment after setting up repo on codecov.io
+      # - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+      #   uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     fail_ci_if_error: true