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+name: test-maven-setup-action
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    name: test maven-setup action
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v1.3.0
+        with:
+          java-version: '13'
+      - uses: actions/cache@v1
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
+      - run: env | sort
+      - uses: navikt/bidrag-maven/setup@main
+        with:
+          repositories: maven-releases=https://repo.releases,snapshots=https://repo.snapshots
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - run: mvn help:effective-pom
+      - name: Verify .m2 home
+        run: |
+          POM=$(cat ~/.m2/settings.xml)
+          echo $POM
+          echo count number of repos
+          COUNT_REPOS=$(echo $POM | grep -c https://repo)
+
+          echo count number of maven-releases
+          COUNT_NAME_MAVEN=$(echo $POM | grep -c maven-releases)
+
+          echo count number of snapshots
+          COUNT_NAME_SNAP=$(echo $POM | grep -c snapshots)
+
+          echo count number of github actor
+          COUNT_ACTOR=$(echo $POM | grep -c $GITHUB_ACTOR)
+
+          echo count number of github tokens
+          COUNT_TOKEN=$(echo $POM | grep -c $GITHUB_TOKEN)
+
+          # FOR SOME REASON, ONLY COUNTS ONE????
+          echo check number of repos
+          if [[ $COUNT_REPOS -ne 1 ]]; then
+            echo ::error:: $COUNT_REPOS is not expected 2 repositories urls from the settings.xml
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # FOR SOME REASON, ONLY COUNTS ONE????
+          echo check number of maven-releases
+          if [[ $COUNT_NAME_MAVEN -ne 1 ]]; then
+            echo ::error:: expected maven-releases to occur for server/repo id and repo name in the settings.xml, but found: $COUNT_NAME_MAVEN
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # FOR SOME REASON, ONLY COUNTS ONE????
+          echo check number of snapshots
+          if [[ $COUNT_NAME_SNAP -ne 1 ]]; then
+            echo ::error:: could not find name snapshots to occur for server/repo id and repo name in the settings.xml, but found: $COUNT_NAME_SNAP
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # FOR SOME REASON, ONLY COUNTS ONE????
+          echo check number of github actor
+          if [[ $COUNT_ACTOR -ne 1 ]]; then
+            echo ::error:: could not find github actor as username for each repository, but found: $COUNT_ACTOR
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # FOR SOME REASON, ONLY COUNTS ONE????
+          echo check number of github tokens
+          if [[ $COUNT_TOKEN -ne 1 ]]; then
+            echo ::error:: could not find github token as password for each repository, but found: $COUNT_TOKEN
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}