A GitHub Actions workflow for a Node project

Yaml

Caches the dependency install, runs on a matrix of versions, and fails the build on a lint error.

name: CI
on:
  push: { branches: [main] }
  pull_request:

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node: [20, 22]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
          cache: npm
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run lint
      - run: npm test

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