add github workflow for unit tests

.github/workflows/tests.yml

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+name: Unit Tests
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "*"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  unit_tests:
+    name: Unit Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        goversion:
+          - "1.17"
+          - "1.16"
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.goversion }}
+      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Get dependencies
+        run: go get ./...
+      - name: Run Unit Tests
+        run: go test -v -cover -race ./...