Add unit testing workflow in GitHub Actions

Author: dfurtado

.github/workflows/unit-test.yml

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+name: Unit testing
+on: [push, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+    unit-test:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Install dependencies
+              run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+            
+            - name: Run the unit tests
+              run: pytest
+
+
+