Restore CI using github actions

.github/workflows/build.yml

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+name: build
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+# INFO: The following configuration block ensures that only one build runs per branch,
+# which may be desirable for projects with a costly build process.
+# Remove this block from the CI workflow to let each CI job run to completion.
+concurrency:
+  group: build-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: GHC ${{ matrix.ghc-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        ghc-version:
+          - '9.12'
+          - '9.10'
+          - '9.8'
+          - '9.6'
+          - '9.4'
+          - '9.2'
+          - '9.0'
+          - '8.10'
+          - '8.8'
+          - '8.6'
+          - '8.4'
+          - '8.2'
+          - '8.0'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up GHC ${{ matrix.ghc-version }}
+        uses: haskell-actions/setup@v2
+        id: setup
+        with:
+          ghc-version: ${{ matrix.ghc-version }}
+          # Defaults, added for clarity:
+          cabal-version: 'latest'
+          cabal-update: true
+
+      - name: Configure the build
+        run: |
+          cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --disable-documentation
+          cabal build all --dry-run
+        # The last step generates dist-newstyle/cache/plan.json for the cache key.
+
+      - name: Restore cached dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        id: cache
+        env:
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-ghc-${{ steps.setup.outputs.ghc-version }}-cabal-${{ steps.setup.outputs.cabal-version }}
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.cabal-store }}
+          key: ${{ env.key }}-plan-${{ hashFiles('**/plan.json') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ env.key }}-
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        # If we had an exact cache hit, the dependencies will be up to date.
+        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: cabal build all --only-dependencies
+
+      # Cache dependencies already here, so that we do not have to rebuild them should the subsequent steps fail.
+      - name: Save cached dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        # If we had an exact cache hit, trying to save the cache would error because of key clash.
+        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.cabal-store }}
+          key: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: cabal build all
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: cabal test all
+
+      - name: Check cabal file
+        run: cabal check
+
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run:
+          cabal haddock all --disable-documentation
+          # --disable-documentation disables building documentation for dependencies.
+          # The package's own documentation is still built,
+          # yet contains no links to the documentation of the dependencies.