configure GitHub Actions for auto-test using pytests

.github/workflows/python-app.yml

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+name: Python application
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt  # Ensure you have a requirements.txt file
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        pytest  # Run your tests