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+# Action script of tests conducted for all platforms. The complete suite
+# of tests is described in .github/workflows/R-CMD-check-with-db.yaml
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - develop
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          # - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
+          # - {os: macOS-latest, r: '3.6', args: '--install-args=\"--configure-args=--with-proj-lib=/usr/local/lib/\"", "--ignore-vignettes', build_args: "--no-build-vignettes"}
+          - {os: macOS-latest, r: 'devel', args: '--install-args=\"--configure-args=--with-proj-lib=/usr/local/lib/\"", "--ignore-vignettes', build_args: "--no-build-vignettes"}
+          # - {os: ubuntu-16.04, r: '3.5', cran: "https://demo.rstudiopm.com/all/__linux__/xenial/latest"}
+          # - {os: ubuntu-16.04, r: '3.6', cran: "https://demo.rstudiopm.com/all/__linux__/xenial/latest"}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest, r: 'release'}
+
+    env:
+      R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
+      CRAN: ${{ matrix.config.cran }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@master
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@master
+
+      - name: Brew and macOS config
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: |
+          brew install pkg-config
+          brew install udunits
+          brew install gdal
+          cat <<EOT >> .Renviron
+          PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
+          PROJ_LIB=/usr/local/opt/proj/share/proj/
+          # for installing XML package from source
+          XML_CONFIG=/usr/local/opt/libxml2/bin/xml2-config
+          EOT
+          cat <<EOT >> .Rprofile
+          r <- getOption("repos")
+          r["CRAN"] <- "https://cran.rstudio.com"
+          r["rccp_drat"] <- "https://RcppCore.github.io/drat"
+          config_args <- c("sf" = "--with-proj-lib=/usr/local/lib/", "rgdal" = "--with-proj-lib=/usr/local/lib/ --with-proj-include=/usr/local/include/")
+          options(configure.args = config_args,
+                  install.packages.compile.from.source = "yes",
+                  repos = r)
+          EOT
+
+      - name: Query dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages('remotes')
+          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), "depends.Rds", version = 2)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Cache R packages
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-r-${{ matrix.config.r }}-${{ hashFiles('depends.Rds') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-r-${{ matrix.config.r }}-
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        env:
+          RHUB_PLATFORM: linux-x86_64-ubuntu-gcc
+        run: |
+          Rscript -e "remotes::install_github('r-hub/sysreqs')"
+          sysreqs=$(Rscript -e "cat(sysreqs::sysreq_commands('DESCRIPTION'))")
+          sudo -s eval "$sysreqs"
+
+          # install spatial dependencies
+          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install \
+            libudunits2-dev \
+            libgdal-dev \
+            libgeos-dev \
+            libproj-dev
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          library(remotes)
+          deps <- readRDS("depends.Rds")
+          deps[["installed"]] <- vapply(deps[["package"]], remotes:::local_sha, character(1))
+          update(deps)
+          remotes::install_cran("rcmdcheck")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Install rgdal with configure
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: |
+          install.packages("rgdal", type = "source", configure.args = "--with-proj-lib=/usr/local/lib/ --with-proj-include=/usr/local/include/")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Check
+        run: rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(args = c("--no-manual", "${{ matrix.config.args }}"), error_on = "warning", check_dir = "check", build_args = "${{ matrix.config.build_args }}")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Upload check results
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: ${{ runner.os }}-r${{ matrix.config.r }}-results
+          path: check