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+name: Build Test
+# Builds and tests storm on varius platforms
+# also deploys images to dockerhub
+
+on:
+  # needed to trigger the workflow manually
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  CARL_BRANCH: "master14"
+  CARL_GIT_URL: "https://github.com/smtrat/carl.git"
+  STORM_GIT_URL: "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}.git"
+  STORM_BRANCH: "master"
+  # github runners currently have two cores
+  NR_JOBS: "2"
+
+  # cmake arguments
+  CMAKE_DEBUG: "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DSTORM_DEVELOPER=ON -DSTORM_PORTABLE=ON"
+  CMAKE_RELEASE: "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DSTORM_DEVELOPER=OFF -DSTORM_PORTABLE=ON"
+
+  CARL_CMAKE_DEBUG: "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_CLN_NUMBERS=ON -DUSE_GINAC=ON -DTHREAD_SAFE=ON -DBUILD_ADDONS=ON -DBUILD_ADDON_PARSER=ON"
+  CARL_CMAKE_RELEASE: "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DUSE_CLN_NUMBERS=ON -DUSE_GINAC=ON -DTHREAD_SAFE=ON -DBUILD_ADDONS=ON -DBUILD_ADDON_PARSER=ON"
+
+
+jobs:
+  noDeploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        distro: ["ubuntu-18.04", "debian-10", "debian-9"]
+        debugOrRelease: ["debug", "release"]
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup cmake arguments
+        # this is strangely the best way to implement environment variables based on the value of another
+        # GITHUB_ENV is a magic variable pointing to a file; if a line with format {NAME}={VALUE}
+        # then the env variable with name NAME will be created/updated with VALUE
+        run: |
+          ([[ ${{ matrix.debugOrRelease }} == "debug" ]] && echo "CMAKE_ARGS=${CMAKE_DEBUG}" || echo "CMAKE_ARGS=${CMAKE_RELEASE}") >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Init Docker
+        run: sudo docker run -d -it --name storm --privileged movesrwth/storm-basesystem:${{ matrix.distro }}
+      - name: Git clone
+        run: sudo docker exec storm git clone --depth 1 --branch $STORM_BRANCH $STORM_GIT_URL /opt/storm
+      - name: Run cmake
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "mkdir /opt/storm/build; cd /opt/storm/build; cmake .. ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+      - name: Build storm
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "cd /opt/storm/build; make -j ${NR_JOBS}"
+
+        # A bit hacky... but its usefullnes has been proven in production
+      - name: Check release makeflags
+        if: matrix.debugOrRelease == 'release'
+        run: |
+          sudo docker exec storm bash -c "/opt/storm/build/bin/storm --version | grep 'with flags .* -O3' || (echo \"Error: Missing flag \'-O3\' for release build.\" && false)"
+          sudo docker exec storm bash -c "/opt/storm/build/bin/storm --version | grep 'with flags .* -DNDEBUG' || (echo \"Error: Missing flag \'-DNDEBUG\' for release build.\" && false)"
+      - name: Check debug makeflags
+        if: matrix.debugOrRelease == 'debug'
+        run: |
+          sudo docker exec storm bash -c "/opt/storm/build/bin/storm --version | grep 'with flags .* -g' || (echo \"Error: Missing flag \'-g\' for debug build.\" && false)"
+
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "cd /opt/storm/build; ctest test --output-on-failure"
+
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DISTRO: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        debugOrRelease: ["debug", "release"]
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup cmake arguments
+        # this is strangely the best way to implement environment variables based on the value of another
+        # GITHUB_ENV is a magic variable pointing to a file; if a line with format {NAME}={VALUE}
+        # then the env variable with name NAME will be created/updated with VALUE
+        run: |
+          ([[ ${{ matrix.debugOrRelease }} == "debug" ]] && echo "CMAKE_ARGS=${CMAKE_DEBUG}" || echo "CMAKE_ARGS=${CMAKE_RELEASE}") >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          ([[ ${{ matrix.debugOrRelease }} == "debug" ]] && echo "CARL_CMAKE_ARGS=${CARL_CMAKE_DEBUG}" || echo "CARL_CMAKE_ARGS=${CARL_CMAKE_RELEASE}") >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Login into docker
+        run: echo "${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}" | sudo docker login -u "${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
+      - name: Init Docker
+        run: sudo docker run -d -it --name storm --privileged movesrwth/storm-basesystem:${DISTRO}
+
+        #####
+        # Build & DEPLOY CARL
+        #####
+        # We should not do partial updates :/
+        # but we need to install some dependencies
+        # Surely we can find a better way to do this at some point
+      - name: Update base system
+        run: |
+          sudo docker exec storm apt-get update
+          sudo docker exec storm apt-get upgrade -qqy
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: sudo docker exec storm apt-get install -qq -y uuid-dev pkg-config
+      - name: Git clone carl
+        run: sudo docker exec storm git clone --depth 1 --branch $CARL_BRANCH $CARL_GIT_URL /opt/carl
+      - name: Run cmake for carl
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "mkdir /opt/carl/build; cd /opt/carl/build; cmake .. ${CARL_CMAKE_ARGS}"
+      - name: Build carl
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "cd /opt/carl/build; make lib_carl -j ${NR_JOBS}"
+        # dummy step for now
+      - name: Deploy carl
+        run: |
+          sudo docker commit storm movesrwth/carl:actions-${{ matrix.debugOrRelease }}
+          sudo docker push movesrwth/carl:actions-${{ matrix.debugOrRelease }}
+
+
+        #####
+        # Build & TEST & DEPLOY STORM
+        #####
+      - name: Git clone
+        run: sudo docker exec storm git clone --depth 1 --branch $STORM_BRANCH $STORM_GIT_URL /opt/storm
+      - name: Run cmake
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "mkdir /opt/storm/build; cd /opt/storm/build; cmake .. ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+      - name: Build storm
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "cd /opt/storm/build; make -j ${NR_JOBS}"
+
+        # A bit hacky... but its usefullnes has been proven in production
+      - name: Check release makeflags
+        if: matrix.debugOrRelease == 'release'
+        run: |
+          sudo docker exec storm bash -c "/opt/storm/build/bin/storm --version | grep 'with flags .* -O3' || (echo \"Error: Missing flag \'-O3\' for release build.\" && false)"
+          sudo docker exec storm bash -c "/opt/storm/build/bin/storm --version | grep 'with flags .* -DNDEBUG' || (echo \"Error: Missing flag \'-DNDEBUG\' for release build.\" && false)"
+      - name: Check debug makeflags
+        if: matrix.debugOrRelease == 'debug'
+        run: |
+          sudo docker exec storm bash -c "/opt/storm/build/bin/storm --version | grep 'with flags .* -g' || (echo \"Error: Missing flag \'-g\' for debug build.\" && false)"
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: sudo docker exec storm bash -c "cd /opt/storm/build; ctest test --output-on-failure"
+
+        # dummy step for now
+      - name: Deploy storm
+        run: |
+          sudo docker commit storm movesrwth/storm:actions-${{ matrix.debugOrRelease }}
+          sudo docker push movesrwth/storm:actions-${{ matrix.debugOrRelease }}