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+name: Builds and Tests
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  sanity:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Git
+        run: sudo apt install -y git
+      - name: Git config
+        run: git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}:x-oauth-basic@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.50.0
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          profile: minimal
+          override: true
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo
+          key: cargocache-v2-sanity-rust:1.50.0-${{ hashFiles('Cargo.lock') }}
+      - name: Install shellcheck
+        run: sudo apt install shellcheck
+      - name: Show version information
+        run: rustc --version; cargo --version; rustup --version
+      - name: Add Rust components
+        run: rustup component add clippy rustfmt
+      - name: Check formatting
+        run: cargo fmt -- --check
+      - name: Run linter
+        run: cargo clippy -- -D warnings
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: cargo test
+      - name: Build docs
+        run: cargo doc --no-deps
+      - name: Test docs
+        run: |
+            sed -i  '/^crate-type = \["cdylib"\]/d' Cargo.toml
+            cargo test --doc
+      - name: Run shellcheck
+        run: find . -name "*.sh" -exec shellcheck {} +
+
+  build_shared_library:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Git
+        run: sudo apt install -y git
+      - name: Git config
+        run: git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}:x-oauth-basic@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.50.0
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          profile: minimal
+          override: true
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo
+          key: cargocache-v2-build_shared_library-rust:1.50.0-${{ hashFiles('Cargo.lock') }}
+      - name: Show version information
+        run: rustc --version; cargo --version; rustup --version
+      - name: Create release build of libwasmvm
+        run: make build-rust
+      - name: Upload libwasmvm
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: libwasmvm
+          path: ./api/libwasmvm.so
+
+  test:
+    needs: build_shared_library
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GORACE: "halt_on_error=1"
+      BUILD_VERSION: $(echo $GITHUB_SHA | cut -c 1-10)
+    steps:
+      - name: set up
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: ^1.15
+        id: go
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Download libwasmvm
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: libwasmvm
+          path: /tmp/builds
+      - name: Copy libwasmvm
+        run: cp /tmp/builds/libwasmvm.so ./api 
+      - name: Go integration tests
+        run: make test
+      - name: Go tests with cgo and race condition safety checks
+        run: make test-safety
+      - name: Make build-go
+        run: make build-go