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+name: per-push tests
+on:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  build-components:
+     runs-on: docker
+     container:
+      image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: compile components
+        run: |
+        cargo build --lib
+        cargo build --bin decomposer
+
+  test-frontend:
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: test lexer
+        run:  cargo test lexer
+      - name: test parser
+        run:  cargo test parser
+
+  timed-decomposer-parse:
+    needs: [test-frontend]
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: build decomposer
+        run:  cargo build --bin decomposer
+      - name: download test scheme source
+        run:  curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecraven/r7rs-benchmarks/refs/heads/master/src/compiler.scm --output test.scm
+      - name: time parsing of test source
+        run:  cargo run --bin decomposer -- -t test.scm
+
+  test-utility:
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        users: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: test number package
+        run:  cargo test number
+      - name: test double stack data type
+        run:  cargo test stackstack
+      - name: test hashmap data type
+        run:  cargo test hmap
+
+  test-backend:
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: test instruction decoding
+        run:  cargo test util # this is instruction decoding code
+