ci: add a GitHub Actions workflow for checking, building, and testing (currently only on Ubuntu and I'll need to expand to the various targets I intend for)

.github/workflows/check-and-build-and-test.yml

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+name: Check, build, and test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      - name: Check
+        run: cargo check --verbose
+
+  build:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: cargo build --verbose
+
+  test:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - name: Install Nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-nextest
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: cargo nextest run