We can utilise GitHub branch protection rule and make a github workflow file to run some tests before merging a pull request.
You can utilise tools like unittest to do so.
This might be a sample for .github/workflows/test.yml file
name: Run Tests
on:
push:
branches:
- main # Adjust the branch name as needed
jobs:
test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v2
with:
python-version: 3.8 # Adjust the Python version as needed
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt # If you have a requirements file
- name: Run tests
run: python -m unittest discover -v