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+name: Manual Python Package using Conda
+
+on: workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  build-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 5
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+        
+    - name: Add conda to system path
+      run: |
+        # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
+        echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        conda env update --file environment.yml --name base
+        
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        conda install flake8
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+        
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        conda install pytest
+        pytest
+        
+    - name: Create Conda Env. from environment.yml file
+      run: $CONDA/bin/conda env update --file conda/environment.yml --name base
+
+    - name: Install Conda-Forge Client
+      run: conda install -c conda-forge conda-forge-ci-setup -y
+
+    - name: Build and Upload Package
+      env:
+        CONDA_FORGE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CONDA_INITIALIZE }}
+      run: conda smithy ci  # using smithy